Peckinpah's tragic westerns
Subtitle: a critical study
By: John L. Simons and Robert Merrill
Contributors: Merrill, Robert, 1944-
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780786461332
Subjects: Western films; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Tragedy
Description: "This text is the first theoretical and critical attempt to place Peckinpah within the 2,000-year-old tradition of western tragedy. This tragic tradition is represented in Peckinpah's art in numerous ways. Films covered include Ride the High Country, Noon Wine, The Wild Bunch, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Peckinpah's tragic vision; title: The double vision of tragedy in Ride the high country; title: Noon wine : a tragic pastoral; title: The tragedy of love in The wild bunch; title: Pat Garrett and Billy the kid : the tragedy of Pat Garrett; title: Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia : the revenger's tragedy; title: Conclusion.