Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- Prologue
- Introduction: Western Film and the Epic Tradition
- 1 Howard Hawks's Red River
- 2 Fred Zinnemann's High Noon
- 3 George Stevens's Shane
- 4 John Ford's The Searchers
- 5 John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 September 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- Prologue
- Introduction: Western Film and the Epic Tradition
- 1 Howard Hawks's Red River
- 2 Fred Zinnemann's High Noon
- 3 George Stevens's Shane
- 4 John Ford's The Searchers
- 5 John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
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- Cowboy ClassicsThe Roots of the American Western in the Epic Tradition, pp. vPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2016