In the Remington Moment Tatum Hardback John Wiley & Sons 9780803225282

In the Remington MomentAuthor(s): Stephen Tatum\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9780803225282, 978-0803225282\nSynopsis\nFor most people, the work of Frederic Remington conjures an antiquarian world of all things \""western.\"" Why this is so, and whether it should be so, are two of the critical questions raised in this book. Stephen Tatum closely considers selected paintings from Remington's last four years of lifehis so-called years of critical acclaim. Tatum's purpose is twofold: first, to understand these paintings, both formally and thematically, within their historical, aesthetic, and biographical contexts; and second, to account for what endows them todayafter marking the centennial of Remington's death in 1909with continuing aesthetic and cultural [url] this end, Tatum examines these late paintings in relation to Remington's other works, his letters and published writings, his evolving cr""