Why LONESOME DOVE Is the Perfect Western | My Theory

Jordan explains why Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove is the greatest Western ever written and why this 900 page novel still has such a stranglehold on the popular imagination. See time stamps to navigate the video: ~*TIME STAMPS*~ Intro: 00:00 Context: 00:52 Synopsis: 01:43 What I Noticed: 03:31 The Decline of the Western: 04:14 The Anti-Western: 07:15 Traditional Western Meta-Narratives: 08:03 Our Postmodern Condition: 09:38 Lonesome Dove Is An Anti-Anti Western: 10:29 Characters Stuck In A Rut: 12:51 Why Lonesome Dove Is So Great: 16:09 ~*FOLLOW JORDAN & NIKKI*~ On Goodreads:   / iwizard   Or Facebook:   / iwizard   Or Instagram:   / iwizard_booktuber   Or become a Patron:   / iwizard   ~*MUSIC*~ Tumbleweed - Roots and Recognition (via Epidemic Sound) ~************************************************************************~ #iwizard #western #booktube #booktok #fantasy