Dirty words in Deadwood literature and the postwestern / edited by Melody Graulich and Nicolas S. Witschi.

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online resource

ISBN:

9780803264892

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Deadwood (Television program)

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PN1992 .D578 2013

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Subject: Dirty Words in "Deadwood" showcases literary analyses of the Deadwood television series by leading western American literary critics. Whereas previous reaction to the series has largely addressed the question of historical accuracy rather than intertextuality or literary complexity, Melody Graulich and Nicolas S. Witschi's edited volume brings a much-needed perspective to Deadwood's representation of the frontier West. As Graulich observes in her introduction: "With its emotional coherence, compelling characterizations, compressed structural brilliance, moral ambiguity, language experiments, interpretation of the past, relevance to the present, and engagement with its literary forebears, Deadwood is an aesthetic triumph as historical fiction and, like much great literature, makes a case for the humanistic value of storytelling." From previously unpublished interviews with series creator David Milch to explorations of sexuality, disability, cinematic technique, and western narrative, this collection focuses on Deadwood as a series ultimately about the imagination, as a verbal and visual construct, and as a literary masterpiece that richly rewards close analysis and interpretation.

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PN1992.77.39 D58 2013eb (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn843642835

Includes bibliographies and index.

Dirty Words in "Deadwood" showcases literary analyses of the Deadwood television series by leading western American literary critics. Whereas previous reaction to the series has largely addressed the question of historical accuracy rather than intertextuality or literary complexity, Melody Graulich and Nicolas S. Witschi's edited volume brings a much-needed perspective to Deadwood's representation of the frontier West. As Graulich observes in her introduction: "With its emotional coherence, compelling characterizations, compressed structural brilliance, moral ambiguity, language experiments, interpretation of the past, relevance to the present, and engagement with its literary forebears, Deadwood is an aesthetic triumph as historical fiction and, like much great literature, makes a case for the humanistic value of storytelling." From previously unpublished interviews with series creator David Milch to explorations of sexuality, disability, cinematic technique, and western narrative, this collection focuses on Deadwood as a series ultimately about the imagination, as a verbal and visual construct, and as a literary masterpiece that richly rewards close analysis and interpretation.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; list of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Deadwood Episodes; Deadwood Cast; 1. David Milch at Yale; 2. Last Words in Deadwood; 3. The Thinking of Al Swearengen's Body; 4. "Land of Oblivion"; 5. The Final Stamp; 6. "Down These Mean Streets"; 7. "Right or Wrong, You Side with Your Feelings"; 8. "A Brooding and Dangerous Soul"; 9. Calamity Jane and Female Masculinity in Deadwood; 10. Queer Spaces and Emotional Couplings in Deadwood; 11. Who Put the Gun into the Whore's Hand?; Bibliography; Contributors; Index.

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