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A novel has inspired a rock song "Šejn" (Shane in Serbo-Croatian) from 1985 by Yugoslav rock band Haustor. It was one of the most recognized songs of the band. The novel was adapted as a stage play by Karen Zacarias and co-produced in 2023 by the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and the Cincinnati Playhouse.
- Jack Schaefer
- 1949
Similar to American author Stephen Crane, Schaefer explores a transformative era in American history—the decline of the western frontier as it transitioned into the more refined, domesticated,...
A list of important facts about Jack Schaefer's Shane, including setting, climax, protagonists, and antagonists.
Shane, a Western novel by American author Jack Schaefer, was published in 1949 and is set on the Wyoming frontier during the late 19th century. The narrative revolves around Shane, a mysterious and skilled gunslinger who becomes entwined with the lives of the Starrett family, particularly young Joey.
Jack Warner Schaefer (November 19, 1907 – 24 January 1991) [1] was an American writer known for his Westerns. His best-known works are the 1949 novel Shane, considered the greatest western novel by the Western Writers of America, [2] and the 1964 children's book Stubby Pringle's Christmas.
Shane, American western film, released in 1953, that is a classic of the genre, noted for exploiting the elegiac myths of the Old West via a unique juxtaposition of gritty realism and painstakingly composed visual symmetry.
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"Shane" is set in the Wyoming Territory during the late 19th century, a time marked by the rapid expansion of settlements and the conflicts that arose between homesteaders and cattle barons. The story is narrated by Bob Starrett, the young son of homesteaders Joe and Marian Starrett.
