{"product_id":"reading-the-virginian-in-the-new-west-paperback","title":"Reading the Virginian in the New West - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelody Graulich\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStephen Tatum\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the origins of the western are as old as colonial westward expansion, it was Owen Wister's novel \u003ci\u003eThe Virginian\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1902, that established most of the now-familiar conventions of the genre. On the heels of the classic western's centennial, 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. The contributors address Wister's life and travels, the novel's influence on and handling of gender and race issues, and its illustrations and various retellings on stage, film, and television as points of departure for speculations about the \"new West\"--as indeed Wister himself does at the end of the novel. The contributors reconsider the novel's textual complexity and investigate \u003ci\u003eThe Virginian's\u003c\/i\u003e role in American literary and cultural history. Together their essays represent a new western literary studies, comparable to the new western history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelody Graulich is a professor of English at Utah State University and the editor of \u003ci\u003eWestern American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. She won the 2014 Mary C. Turpie Award from the American Studies Association. Stephen Tatum teaches in the Department of English at the University of Utah and is the author of \u003ci\u003eInventing Billy the Kid: Visions of the Outlaw in America, 1881-1981\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCormac McCarthy's \u003c\/i\u003eAll the Pretty Horses: \u003ci\u003eA Reader's Guide.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46617155010757,"sku":"9780803271043","price":57.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/A5OH9NJe1r9780803271043.webp?v=1785233634","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/reading-the-virginian-in-the-new-west-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}