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Before Owen Wister's publication of The Virginian in 1902, the image of the cowboy was essentially that of the dime novel. This title details the evidence that Everett Johnson a cowboy from Virginia who had been a friend of Wister's in Wyoming in the 1880s, was the initial and prime inspiration for Wister's cowboy.

Cowboys --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Cowboys in literature. --- Cowboys in popular culture. --- Social life and customs. --- History. --- Johnson, Everett, --- Wister, Owen,

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Cowboy Classics looks at the surprisingly close connection between Western film and Greek and Roman epic, each of which focuses on a mythic-historical period from the past where our societal notions of what constitutes heroism, masculinity, and honor were first forged.

Western films --- Epic poetry, Greek --- Heroes. --- Cowboys. --- Bronco busters --- Broncobusters --- Buckaroos --- Buckeroos --- Stockmen (Animal industry) --- Vaqueiros --- Vaqueros --- Cattle herders --- Horsemen and horsewomen --- Gauchos --- Heroism --- Persons --- Antiheroes --- Apotheosis --- Courage --- History and criticism. --- Cowboys in popular culture --- Popular culture

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Horses. --- Cowboys. --- Horses --- Legends and stories. --- Equus caballus --- Farriery --- Hippology --- Horse --- Domestic animals --- Equus --- Livestock --- Pachyderms --- Hinnies --- Mules --- Bronco busters --- Broncobusters --- Buckaroos --- Buckeroos --- Stockmen (Animal industry) --- Vaqueiros --- Vaqueros --- Cattle herders --- Horsemen and horsewomen --- Gauchos

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Cet ouvrage pose deux question relatives aux "matières de l'Ouest" : (1) S'est-il façonné en Europe une imagination propre des Grands Espaces et, si oui, quelles en furent les principales options éthiques, esthétiques et narratives ? (2) Qu'est-ce qui singularise les thèmes, les intrigues et les personnages privilégiés de cette écriture européenne par rapport à l'imagerie - surexploitée depuis Hollywood - impliquant le cow-boy, le shérif, ou encore les squatters et settlers de la Conquête de l'Ouest ? Le couple wilderness/western - mobilisé ici à des fins dialectiques et non dualistes - débroussaille quelques-unes des pistes herméneutiques d'une production romanesque méconnue. En s'appuyant sur un sous-genre pour ainsi dire oublié du récit aventureux du XIXe siècle, l'auteur explore les visages d'un Ouest fictionnel qui, grâce au recul européen, a su se parer d'intéressants lieux d'indépendance et de dynamiques insoupçonnées. Dans l'intervalle entre le wilderness, univers agrégeant l'hygiénisme libertin des Lumières et le spiritualisme romantique, et le western, imaginaire de l'allant national, modelé par et pour l'autonomisation culturelle des USA, mais aussi sous l'effet d'un tiraillement souterrain entre l'exemple colonial français et la Conquête pionnière de l'Ouest, ce sont des oppositions, des débats et des mélanges du plus haut intérêt qui se firent jour dans la France et l'Italie de 1858-1910. Les romans de Gustave Aimard et Emilio Salgari interviennent dans ce contexte, quoiqu'à des titres très différents (l'un grand consolidateur générique, l'autre compositeur original et articulateur d'imaginaires), comme les jalons d'une histoire des formes appropriatives de l'espace-réceptacle ouestien. A bien des égards, un tel parcours ajoute ses sinuosités et ses enjeux spécifiques à l'historiographie strictement américaine : il y apparaît en effet

Western stories --- Westerns (Literatuur) --- Westerns (Littérature) --- Cowboys in literature. --- Frontier and pioneer life. --- Wilderness areas in literature. --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Réserves de la vie sauvage dans la littérature --- Cow-boys dans la littérature --- Vie des pionniers --- Aimard, Gustave, --- Salgari, Emilio, --- United States, West. --- Wilderness areas in literature --- Cowboys in literature --- Cow-boys --- Dans la littérature --- Aimard, Gustave (1818-1883) --- Salgari, Emilio (1862-1911) --- États-Unis (ouest) --- Réserves de la vie sauvage dans la littérature --- Cow-boys dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- North America --- History --- In literature --- Dans la littérature. --- Aimard, Gustave, - 1818-1883 --- Salgari, Emilio, - 1862-1911

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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 1930's and early 1940's, 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.

Western films --- Cowboys --- Bronco busters --- Broncobusters --- Buckaroos --- Buckeroos --- Stockmen (Animal industry) --- Vaqueiros --- Vaqueros --- Cattle herders --- Horsemen and horsewomen --- Gauchos --- History and criticism. --- 20th century film production. --- american culture. --- american history. --- books about movie production. --- books for movie lovers. --- clint eastwood fans. --- educational books. --- film and cinema. --- film studies. --- filmmaking. --- history of western genre. --- how to write a western film. --- learning while reading. --- leisure reads. --- media studies. --- myth and history. --- nonfiction books. --- old western productions. --- performing arts. --- postwar movies. --- true grit. --- western movie genre. --- wild west culture. --- wild west development.