Peckinpah's Tragic Westerns

by John L. Simons and Robert Merrill

The work of Sam Peckinpah represents a high point in American cinema. This text is the first theoretical and critical attempt to place Peckinpah within the 2,000-year-old tradition of western tragedy. The tradition, enfolding the Greeks, Shakespeare and modern tragedians, is represented in Peckinpah's art in numerous ways, and the fact that he worked in the mode throughout his career distinguishes him from most American film directors. Films covered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786461330
• ISBN13: 9780786461332
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher