{"product_id":"western","title":"Western","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Western introduces the novice to the pleasures and the meanings of the Western film, shares the excitement of the genre with the fan, addresses the suspicions of the cynic and develops the knowledge of the student. \u003ci\u003eThe Western\u003c\/i\u003e is about the changing times of the Western, and about how it has been understood in film criticism. Until the 1980s, more Westerns were made than any other type of film. For fifty of those years, the genre was central to Hollywood's popularity and profitability. \u003ci\u003eThe Western\u003c\/i\u003e explores the reasons for its success and its latter-day decline among film-makers and audiences alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I charts the history of the Western film and its role in film studies. Part II traces the origins of the Western in nineteenth-century America, and in its literary, theatrical and visual imagining. This sets the scene to explore the many evolving forms in successive chapters on early silent Westerns, the series Western, the epic, the romance, the dystopian, the elegiac and, finally, the revisionist Western. \u003ci\u003eThe Western\u003c\/i\u003e concludes with an extensive bibliography, filmography and select further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver 200 Westerns are discussed, among them close accounts of classics such as \u003ci\u003eDuel in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Bunch\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnforgiven\u003c\/i\u003e, formative titles like John Ford's epic \u003ci\u003eThe Iron Horse\u003c\/i\u003e, and early cowboy star William S. Hart's \u003ci\u003eThe Silent One\u003c\/i\u003e together with less familiar titles that deserve wider recognition, including \u003ci\u003eComanche Station\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePursued\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUlzana's Raid\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54235133215064,"sku":"9781138171701","price":229.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138171701.jpg?v=1777262411","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/western","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}