Description
Book SynopsisThe Western is arguably the popular and longlived form in cinematic history, and the acknowledged master of that genre was John Ford. In nine majors essays from some of the prominent scholars of Hollywood film, this book situates the sound era westerns of John Ford within contemporary critical contexts and regards them from fresh perspectives.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Gaylyn Studlar & Matthew Bernstein
Part I
1. "'Shall We Gather at the River?': The Late Films of John Ford," Robin Wood
2. "Sacred Duties, Poetic Passions: John Ford and Issue of Femininity in the Western" Gaylyn Studlar
3. "The Margin as Center: The Multicultural Dynamics of John Ford's Westerns" Charles Ramirez Berg
4. "Linear Patterns and Ethnic Encounters in the Ford Western" Joan Dagle
5. "How the West Wasn't Won: the Repression of Capitalism in John Ford's Westerns" Peter Lehman
6. "Painting the Legend: Frederic Remington and the Western" Edward Buscombe
7. "'The Sound of Many Voices': Music in John Ford's Westerns" Kathryn Kalinak
8. "John Ford and James Fenimore Cooper: Two Rode Together" Barry Keith Grant
9. "From Aesthete to Pappy: The Evolution of John Ford's Public Reputation" Charles J. Maland
Part II??Dossier
Emanuel Eisenberg, "John Ford: Fighting Irish," New Theater, April 1936
Frank S. Nugent, "Hollywood's Favorite Rebel," Saturday Evening Post, July 23, 1949
John Ford, "John Wayne??My Pal," Hollywood, no. 237 (March 17, 1951), translated from the Italian by Gloria Monti
Bill Libby, "The Old Wrangler Rides Again," Cosmopolitan, March 1964
"About John Ford," Action 8.8 (Nov.?Dec. 1973)
Filmography
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
