Western (genre)


 

The Western is an American genre in literature and film. Westerns are art works – films, literature, sculpture, television and radio shows, and paintings – devoted to telling stories set in the American West, often portraying it in a romanticized light.

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American - Genre - Literature - Film - Sculpture - Television - Radio - Painting - American West - Romanticized

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While the Western has been popular throughout the history of movies, it has begun to diminish in importance as the United States progresses farther away from the period depicted .

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Introduction
Definition
Common themes
Origins of the "Western idea"
Western literature
Western films
Influences on and of the Western
Television Westerns
Quote
See also
External links

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