Reading the Virginian in the New West |
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| Editor:
| Graulich, Melody
Tatum, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-7104-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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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. 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.
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. 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.