Reading the Virginian in the New West

by Melody Graulich

Although the origins of the western are as old as colonial westward expansion, it was Owen Wister's novel The Virginian, published in 1902, that established most of the now-familiar conventions of the genre. On the heels of the classic western's centennial, this collection of essays both re-examines the text of The Virginian and uses Wister's novel as a lens for studying what the next century of western writing and reading will bring. The contributors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803271042
• ISBN13: 9780803271043
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"