Keywords

Clint Eastwood, film artistry, scholarly essays

Abstract

As John M. Gourlie and Leonard Engel state in their introduction to New Essays on Clint Eastwood, the intention of this collection of essays is “both to expand our understanding of individual films and to deepen our overall appreciation of Eastwood’s artistry as, through the various stages of his career, he becomes an even greater master of his craft” (2). In these goals the collection succeeds. The essays are not all equal in their value, and the collection lacks an overall unity, but for Eastwood scholars this is a useful and worthwhile book.

Original Publication Citation

“New Essays on Clint Eastwood.” Review, Journal of American Culture, vol. 38, no. 2, 2015, pp. 176-177.