Dirty words in Deadwood : literature and the postwestern
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Dirty words in Deadwood : literature and the postwestern
（Postwestern horizons）
University of Nebraska Press, c2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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 From previously unpublished interviews with series creator David Milch to explorations of sexuality, disability, cinematic technique, and western narrative, this collection focuses on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.
Table of Contents
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Deadwood's Barbaric Yawp: Sharing a Literary HeritageMelody GraulichDeadwood EpisodesDeadwood Cast1. David Milch at Yale: An InterviewNathaniel Lewis2. Last Words in DeadwoodBrian McCuskey3. The Thinking of Al Swearengen's Body: Kidney Stones, Pigpens, and Burkean Catharsis in DeadwoodTim Steckline4. "Land of Oblivion": Abjection, Broken Bodies, and the Western Narrative in DeadwoodJohn Dudley5. The Final Stamp: Deadwood and the Gothic American FrontierWendy Witherspoon6. "Down These Mean Streets": Film Noir, Deadwood, Cinematic Space, and the Irruption of Genre CodesNicolas S. Witschi7. "Right or Wrong, You Side with Your Feelings"Jennilyn Merten8. "A Brooding and Dangerous Soul": Deadwood's Imperfect MusicDavid Fenimore9. Calamity Jane and Female Masculinity in DeadwoodLinda Mizejewski10. Queer Spaces and Emotional Couplings in DeadwoodMichael K. Johnson11. Who Put the Gun into the Whore's Hand? Disability in DeadwoodNicole TonkovichBibliographyContributorsIndex
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