{"product_id":"lost-in-the-new-west-reading-williams-mccarthy-proulx-and-mcguane-paperback","title":"Lost in the New West: Reading Williams, McCarthy, Proulx and McGuane - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Asquith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost in the New West\u003c\/i\u003e investigates a group of writers - John Williams, Cormac McCarthy, Annie Proulx and Thomas McGuane - who have sought to explore the tensions inherent to the Western, where the distinctions between old and new, myth and reality, authenticity and sentimentality are frequently blurred. Collectively these authors demonstrate a deep-seated attachment to the landscape, people and values of the West and offer a critical appraisal of the dialogue between the contemporary West and its legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Asquith draws attention to the idealistic young men at the center of such works as Williams's \u003ci\u003eButcher's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e (1960), McCarthy's \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e (1985) and Border Trilogy, Proulx's Wyoming stories and McGuane's Deadrock novels. For each writer, these characters struggle to come to terms with the difference between the suspect mythology of the West that shapes their identity and the reality that surrounds them. They are, in short, lost in the new West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Asquith \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eReading the Novels of John Williams: A Flaw of Light\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Frontier: Reading Annie Proulx's Wyoming Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2014) and \u003ci\u003eAnnie Proulx's\u003c\/i\u003e Brokeback Mountain \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Postcards: \u003ci\u003eA Reader's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2009). He holds a PhD from UCL, University of London, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120077049991,"sku":"9781501372230","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5b8480c122fab51fd27e392239e580a6.webp?v=1746511406","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/lost-in-the-new-west-reading-williams-mccarthy-proulx-and-mcguane-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}