Ride, Boldly Ride
Title | Ride, Boldly Ride PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Lea Bandy |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 344 |
Release | 2012-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520258665 |
"This book is a survey of the movie Western that covers its history from the early silent era to recent spins on the genre in films such as No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, True Grit, and Cowboys & Aliens. The authors provide fresh perspectives on landmark films such Stagecoach, Red River, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and The Wild Bunch, and they also pay tribute to many underappreciated Westerns including 3 Bad Men, The Wind, The Big Trail, Ruggles of Red Gap, Northwest Passage, The Westerner, The Furies, Jubal, and Comanche Station. The book explores major phases of the Western's development--silent era oaters, A-production classics of the 1930s and early 1940s, and the more psychologically complex presentations of the Westerner that emerged in the post-World War II period.. They examine various forms of genre-revival and genre-revisionism that have recurred over the past half-century, culminating especially in the masterworks of Clint Eastwood. Central themes of the book include the inner life of the Western hero, the importance of the natural landscape, the tension between myth and history, the depiction of the Native American, and the juxtaposing of comedy and tragedy"--Provided by publisher.
Ride, Boldly Ride
Title | Ride, Boldly Ride PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Lea Bandy |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 345 |
Release | 2012-10-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0520953479 |
This comprehensive study of the Western covers its history from the early silent era to recent spins on the genre in films such as No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, True Grit, and Cowboys & Aliens. While providing fresh perspectives on landmarks such as Stagecoach, Red River, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and The Wild Bunch, the authors also pay tribute to many under-appreciated Westerns. Ride, Boldly Ride explores major phases of the Western’s development, including silent era oaters, A-production classics of the 1930s and early 1940s, and the more psychologically complex portrayals of the Westerner that emerged after World War II. The authors also examine various forms of genre-revival and genre-revisionism that have recurred over the past half-century, culminating especially in the masterworks of Clint Eastwood. They consider themes such as the inner life of the Western hero, the importance of the natural landscape, the roles played by women, the tension between myth and history, the depiction of the Native American, and the juxtaposing of comedy and tragedy. Written in clear, engaging prose, this is the only survey that encompasses the entire history of this long-lived and much-loved genre.
The Charge of the Light Brigade and Other Poems
Title | The Charge of the Light Brigade and Other Poems PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred Tennyson |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 113 |
Release | 1992-09-21 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0486272826 |
Treasury of verse by the great Victorian poet includes the famous long narrative poem, Enoch Arden, plus "The Lady of Shalott," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Break, break, break," "Flower in the crannied Wall" and more. Also included are excerpts from three longer works: The Princess, "Maud" and "The Brook."
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
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Ulalume
Title | Ulalume PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
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Total Pages | |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Ghosts |
ISBN | 9780368080050 |
"Ulalume: a ballad. The skies they were ashen and sober ... So begins Edgar Allan Poe's hypnotic trek through his singular landscape. Poe wrote Ulalume in 1847, shortly after the death of his wife, Virginia Clemm that same year. The loss of a loved one is a recurrent theme in Poe's writing, particularly his poetry, and the resulting emptiness and aridity again resurfaces in Ulalume, entwining the passages like the tangled foliage of Weir."--Preliminary page.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Title | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
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Total Pages | 198 |
Release | 1902 |
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Ever Yours
Title | Ever Yours PDF eBook |
Author | Gabriella Anderson |
Publisher | Zebra Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Man-woman relationships |
ISBN | 9780821774458 |
In this entertaining spin on "Beauty and the Beast, " soon-to-be-bride Ivy St. Clair must deliver a package and a letter to the reclusive Earl of Tamberlake in order to collect an inheritance. But she never imagines that the brooding stranger may be her last chance at love. Original.