Virginian
Owen Wister’s seminal novel The Virginian (1902) is historically the first successful novel that initiated a whole movement of novels set in the American “Wild West.” Such novels have later been known to all as “Westerns” mainly thanks to the popularity of their cinematographic adaptations. In The Virginian, the protagonist is an unnamed young cowboy working in a Wyoming ranch. He displays all the...
Owen Wister’s seminal novel The Virginian (1902) is historically the first successful novel that initiated a whole movement of novels set in the American “Wild West.” Such novels have later been known to all as “Westerns” mainly thanks to the popularity of their cinematographic adaptations. In The Virginian, the protagonist is an unnamed young cowboy working in a Wyoming ranch. He displays all the...
