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Wandering the Wild wild West : a critical analysis of the CBS television series
- Title
- Wandering the Wild wild West : a critical analysis of the CBS television series / Don Presnell.
- Author
- Presnell, Don, 1966-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
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Details
- Description
- vii, 207 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The Wild Wild West premiered on CBS in 1965, just as network dominance of television Westerns was waning and the global James Bond phenomenon was in full force. Described as 'James Bond on horseback,' the series was like nothing else on TV before or since--a genre hybrid that followed the adventures of 1870s Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon, on special assignment from President Ulysses S. Grant. The show featured clever gadgets and costumes, carefully choreographed action and fight sequences, and stories that melded elements of Western, science fiction, fantasy, espionage and detective genres. This book provides in-depth critical analysis of a unique, eclectic series considered one of the primary influences on steampunk subculture"--
- Subject
- Wild wild West (Television program)
- Television series > United States > History and criticism
- Western television programs > United States > History and criticism
- Spy television programs > United States > History and criticism
- PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism
- Western television programs
- Television series
- Spy television programs
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "TNOT genre conundrum" : narrative sharing and influence in The Wild Wild West -- "TNOT nights that never saw daylight" : unproduced teleplays for WWW -- Interview with Earl Barret (July 2020) -- Episode listings -- "TNOT four tens" -- "TNOT ten-year reunion" -- "TNOT last night" -- "TNOT misbegotten misfire" -- TNOT wild wild infographics".
- Call Number
- MWGT 22-300
- ISBN
- 9781476685601
- 1476685606
- LCCN
- 2021045975
- OCLC
- 1257402366
- Author
- Presnell, Don, 1966- author.
- Title
- Wandering the Wild wild West : a critical analysis of the CBS television series / Don Presnell.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWGT 22-300