Cowboy Up: Evolution of the Frontier Hero in American Theater, 1872 – 1903
| dc.contributor.author | Buss, Kato M. T. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-01T22:37:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-12-29T21:12:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-03 | |
| dc.description | 215 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | On the border between Beadle & Adam’s dime novel and Edwin Porter’s ground-breaking film, The Great Train Robbery, this dissertation returns to a period in American theater history when the legendary cowboy came to life. On the stage of late nineteenth century frontier melodrama, three actors blazed a trail for the cowboy to pass from man to myth. Frank Mayo’s Davy Crockett, William Cody’s Buffalo Bill, and James Wallick’s Jesse James represent a theatrical bloodline in the genealogy of frontier heroes. As such, the backwoodsman, the scout, and the outlaw are forbearers of the cowboy in American popular entertainment. Caught in a territory between print and film, this study explores a landscape of blood-and-thunder melodrama, where the unwritten Code of the West was embodied on stage. At a cultural crossroads, the need for an authentic, American hero spurred the cowboy to legend; theater taught him how to walk, talk, and act like a man. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Committee in charge: Dr. John Schmor, Co-chair; Dr. Jennifer Schleuter, Co-chair; Dr. John Watson, Member; Dr. Linda Fuller, Outside Member | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/12302 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | rights_reserved | en_US |
| dc.subject | Actor | en |
| dc.subject | America | en |
| dc.subject | Cowboy | en |
| dc.subject | Frontier | en |
| dc.subject | Mythology | en |
| dc.subject | Old West | en |
| dc.title | Cowboy Up: Evolution of the Frontier Hero in American Theater, 1872 – 1903 | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |