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TV Milestones Ser.: Have Gun--Will Travel by Gaylyn Studlar (2015, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWayne State University Press

ISBN-10081433976X

ISBN-139780814339763

eBay Product ID (ePID)6038796861

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHave Gun--Will Travel

Publication Year2015

SubjectTelevision / Direction & Production, Television / History & Criticism, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaDrama, Performing Arts

AuthorGaylyn Studlar

SeriesTV Milestones Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length7 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2014-954836

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsHave Gun--Will Travel and Paladin provide significant insights into the television Western of the 1950s adn early 1960s, and Studlar makes an important contribution to the TV Milestones Series., Have Gun-- Will Travel by Gaylyn Studlar is not only a very thorough and thoughtful analysis of the themes and characters behind HGWT , but it is also an excellent straight guide to the TV series, which these days may be watched most accessibly via YouTube., In spite of his popularity, the hero of Have Gun -- Will Travel in no way resembled Gunsmoke 's Matt Dillon. As Gaylyn Studlar brilliantly argues, Have Gun questioned the very values that Westerns were supposed to uphold. This is a very smart book about a very smart television program., This volume is a superb engagement with the TV Western, demonstrating, through its scholarship and criticism, a sense of the series' value and significance to our culture, argued with great seriousness of purpose., A smart, illuminating, and entertaining return to this memorable TV show. Along the way, Gaylyn Studlar situates the landmark series' hero in multiple fascinating contexts ranging from the lone Westerner to the Victorian dandy to the postwar playboy bachelor, just as she traces the overlapping layers of cultural history, past and present, which the show draws upon. A fun and informative read!

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.45/72

SynopsisOne of the most successful series of its time, Have Gun-Will Travel became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1950s and made its star, Richard Boone, a nationwide celebrity. Film scholar Gaylyn Studlar draws on a remarkably wide range of episodes from the series' six seasons to show its sophisticated experimentation with many established conventions of the Western., One of the most successful series of its time, Have Gun-Will Travel became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1950s and made its star, Richard Boone, a nationwide celebrity. The series offered viewers an unusual hero in the mysterious, Shakespeare-spouting gunfighter known only as "Paladin" and garnered a loyal fan base, including a large female following. In Have Gun-Will Travel , film scholar Gaylyn Studlar draws on a remarkably wide range of episodes from the series' six seasons to show its sophisticated experimentation with many established conventions of the Western. Studlar begins by exploring how the series made the television Western sexy, speaking to mid-twentieth century anxieties and aspirations in the sexual realm through its "dandy" protagonist and more liberal expectations of female sexuality. She also explores the show's interest in a variety of historical issues and contemporaneous concerns-including differing notions of justice and the meaning of racial and cultural difference in an era marked by the civil rights movement. Through a production history of Have Gun-Will Travel , Studlar provides insight into the television industry of the late 1950s and early 1960s, showing how, in this transition period in which programming was moving from sponsor to network control, the series' star exercised controversial influence on his show's aesthetics. Because Have Gun-Will Travel was both so popular and so different from its predecessors and rivals, it presents a unique opportunity to examine what pleasures and challenges television Westerns could offer their audiences. Fans of the show as well as scholars of TV history and the Western genre will enjoy this insightful volume., One of the most successful series of its time, Have Gun?Will Travel became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1950s and made its star, Richard Boone, a nationwide celebrity. The series offered viewers an unusual hero in the mysterious, Shakespeare-spouting gunfighter known only as "Paladin" and garnered a loyal fan base, including a large female following. In Have Gun?Will Travel , film scholar Gaylyn Studlar draws on a remarkably wide range of episodes from the series' six seasons to show its sophisticated experimentation with many established conventions of the Western. Studlar begins by exploring how the series made the television Western sexy, speaking to mid-twentieth century anxieties and aspirations in the sexual realm through its "dandy" protagonist and more liberal expectations of female sexuality. She also explores the show's interest in a variety of historical issues and contemporaneous concerns?including differing notions of justice and the meaning of racial and cultural difference in an era marked by the civil rights movement. Through a production history of Have Gun?Will Travel , Studlar provides insight into the television industry of the late 1950s and early 1960s, showing how, in this transition period in which programming was moving from sponsor to network control, the series' star exercised controversial influence on his show's aesthetics. Because Have Gun?Will Travel was both so popular and so different from its predecessors and rivals, it presents a unique opportunity to examine what pleasures and challenges television Westerns could offer their audiences. Fans of the show as well as scholars of TV history and the Western genre will enjoy this insightful volume., Analyzes the TV Western Have Gun--Will Travel through a close reading of episodes and production history. One of the most successful series of its time, Have Gun--Will Travel became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1950s and made its star, Richard Boone, a nationwide celebrity. The series offered viewers an unusual hero in the mysterious, Shakespeare-spouting gunfighter known only as "Paladin" and garnered a loyal fan base, including a large female following. In Have Gun--Will Travel , film scholar Gaylyn Studlar draws on a remarkably wide range of episodes from the series' six seasons to show its sophisticated experimentation with many established conventions of the Western. Studlar begins by exploring how the series made the television Western sexy, speaking to mid-twentieth century anxieties and aspirations in the sexual realm through its "dandy" protagonist and more liberal expectations of female sexuality. She also explores the show's interest in a variety of historical issues and contemporaneous concerns--including differing notions of justice and the meaning of racial and cultural difference in an era marked by the civil rights movement. Through a production history of Have Gun--Will Travel , Studlar provides insight into the television industry of the late 1950s and early 1960s, showing how, in this transition period in which programming was moving from sponsor to network control, the series' star exercised controversial influence on his show's aesthetics. Because Have Gun--Will Travel was both so popular and so different from its predecessors and rivals, it presents a unique opportunity to examine what pleasures and challenges television Westerns could offer their audiences. Fans of the show as well as scholars of TV history and the Western genre will enjoy this insightful volume.

LC Classification NumberPN1992.8.W4