West of Everything Jane Tompkins (Professor of English, Professor of English, Duke University)

Name: West of Everything By Jane Tompkins (Professor of English, Professor of English, Duke University)
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West of Everything by Jane Tompkins (Professor of English, Professor of English, Duke University)

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West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns by Jane Tompkins (Professor of English, Professor of English, Duke University)

Is there anyone who has not seen a Western film, or read a Western novel? In West of Everything, Jane Tompkins asks what the Western hero has meant for Americans in the twentieth century. Thoughtful, insightful, and often refreshingly personal, Tompkins' book explores how the reader or viewer experience the wild west of the psyche.

West of Everything Reviews

'oddly moving book' Times Literary Supplement
'Jane Tompkins, in her admirable West of Everything, conveys a sharp sense of the uneasiness felt by the reader of Westerns. Hers is an unapologetically personal, impressionistic discussion, seeking to capture the feeling of being 'in a Western'.' Times Higher Education Supplement
'Jane Tompkins's West of Everything has a more unexpected object for her feminine gaze. She admits to loving Western films and novels, though at the same time feels ambivalent about these violent and macho genres. She demonstrates that there are still new things to be said about movies.' Independent on Sunday
'She demonstrates that there are still new things to be said about movies.' Robin Buss, The Independent on Sunday
'A lively, provocative and sympathetic book.' Sight & Sound

About Jane Tompkins (Professor of English, Professor of English, Duke University)

About the Author: Jane Tompkins is Professor of English at Duke University. She is author of Sensational Designs and the editor of Reader Response Criticism.

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GOR002361537

ISBN 13

9780195073058

ISBN 10

0195073053

Title

West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns by Jane Tompkins (Professor of English, Professor of English, Duke University)

Author

Jane Tompkins (Professor of English, Professor of English, Duke University)

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

19920924

Number of pages

258

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