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Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern

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Description for Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern Paperback. Brings a much-needed perspective to Deadwood's representation of the frontier West Editor(s): Graulich, Melody; Witschi, Nicolas S. Series: Postwestern Horizons. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Postwestern Horizons
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803264748
SKU
V9780803264748
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About Melody Graulich
Melody Graulich is a professor of English and American studies at Utah State University and the editor of Western American Literature. She is the coeditor of In Search of a Common Language: Environmental Writing and Education and Reading “The Virginian” in the New West: Centennial Essays (Nebraska, 2003). Graulich won the 2014 Mary C. Turpie Award from the American Studies ... Read more

Reviews for Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern
"Melody Graulich and Nicholas S. Witschi offer a smart collection of 11 essays that deconstruct Deadwood."-True West True West "Dirty Words in Deadwood will be welcomed by Deadwood scholars and casual readers looking for fresh insights into Milch's iconoclastic series."-Brad Benz, Great Plains Quarterly
Brad Benz Great Plains Quarterly "Solidly researched and persuasively argued... Dirty Words in "Deadwood" expands ... Read more

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