Faith Klijian
Professor Keeler
WR39 B
27 January 2022
Annotated Bibliography - First Draft
Leonard, Elmore. Fire in the Hole. Contentville Press, 2001.
Elmore Leonard was an American writer and novelist who primarily centered several of his stories on the Western genre. The medium of his work was a book, and the book was originally published with the title, When the Women Came Out to Dance. However, it was changed to the name it has today. The plot regards the character, U.S. Marshal Raylan, as he goes back to his old coal-mining community to purse Boyd Crowder, a white supremacist income tax eluder who has the intentions of bombing an IRS building. This book is strong in differentiating from other Western works. For instance, it takes on a more Neo-Western approach, rather than a typical Western, since it incorporates more modern and late-contemporary aspects, like a mystery plot and an industrial setting. The message speaks about the fact that there is no “good” or “bad” in society (Raylan is morally gray - he is not completely good nor evil). This source aids in making the argument of how many new composition works are weaving in the Neo-Western genre more often than they are Western, in order to appeal to the younger audiences and quickly intrigue them.
Munden, Kenneth J. A Contribution to the Psychological Understanding of the Origin of the Cowboy and His Myth. Vol. 15, Leavenworth Times, 1885.
Kenneth J. Munden is an author who is well-educated about the classic Western genre and knows much about traditional cowboys and the like. In this journal, he speaks to notify his audience what real cowboys generally go through, as well as what their responsibilities are. This article holds strengths like organization and evidence, as it utilizes secondary sources to further emphasize his points. By using this source, I can contradict how one of the characters I am writing about, Llewelyn Moss, is not a typical cowboy because he does not contain many of the characteristics this journal portrays.
McCarthy, Cormac. No Country for Old Men. Vintage, 2006.
Cormac McCarthy is an American writer who is very renowned for his novels, plays, screenplays, and more. He principally composes Western works, and one of his most successful pieces is the book, No Country for Old Men. This book displays various Neo-Western features and focuses on the story of Llewelyn Moss and Anton Chigurh, two of the main characters. The novel dictates the story of how there is a great internal conflict with humans in how they define their morality and their ethics. It involves a drug deal gone awry and ending up in the hands of someone who was not meant to have it, and a murderous man chasing him through the U.S./Mexican Border. This source is strong in the information it illustrates, as much of the story can be used as evidence and simply represent the good and bad of the world, as well as how it contains several Neo-Western aspects.