John Ford's Stagecoach

StagecoachisoneoftheclassicsofHollywoodcinema.Madein1939,itrevitalizedtheWesterngenre,servedasamilestoneinJohnFord'scareer,andmadeJohnWayneastar.Thisvolumeoffersarichoverviewofthefilminessaysbysixleadingfilmcritics.ApproachingStagecoachfromavarietyofcriticalperspectives,theyplacethefilmwithinthecontextsofauthorship,genre,Americanhistoryandculture.Alsoexaminedarethefilm'scommentaryonrace,class,genderanddemocracy,whileremainingattentivetothefilm'sartistry.