Cowboy Classics: The Roots of the American Western in the Epic Tradition

by Kirsten Day and Kirsten Day

In the American psyche, the "Wild West" is a mythic-historical place where our nation's values and ideologies were formed. In this violent and uncertain world, the cowboy is the ultimate hero, fighting the bad guys, forging notions of manhood, and delineating what constitutes honor as he works to build civilization out of wilderness. Tales from this mythical place are best known from that most American of media: film. In the Greco-Roman societies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474402461
• ISBN13: 9781474402460
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"