Clint Eastwood, Actor and Director
New Perspectives

Edited by Leonard Engel

6 x 9, 269 pp.
12 illustrations
Paper $21.95
978-0-87480-900-8
Film Studies

In his recent films — Unforgiven, Mystic River, and Million Dollar Baby — Clint Eastwood has revealed himself as a greater figure than moviegoers had imagined him to be. While he has been an exceptionally successful actor, creating iconic characters in two genres, Western and detective films, as a director, his recent films have reached a surprising power, depth, and maturity.

The contributors to this volume revisit and examine his career as an actor and director, and are part of a growing critical evaluation of Eastwood's films. A common thread, however, is their respect for his cinematic storytelling. They examine how he put his individual stamp on particular genres, while extending and enriching our understanding of his achievements.

Leonard Engel is chair of the English Department at Quinnipiac University. He is the author of The Big Empty: Essays on the Land as Narrative, and Sam Peckinpah’s West: New Perspectives (University of Utah Press, 2003).

Contributors
David Cremean, Black Hills University
Leonard Engel, Quinnipiac University
Fred Erisman, Texas Christian University
Raymond Foery, Quinnipiac University
John M. Gourlie, Quinnipiac University
Leger Grindon, Middlebury College
Richard Hutson, University of California, Berkeley
Brad Klypchak, Bowling Green State University Walter Metz, Montana State University
Dennis Rothermel, California State University
John C. Tibbetts, University of Kansas
Matt Wanat, Mayville State University
Brett Westbrook, St. Edward’s University