Description |
viii, 214 pages ; 24 cm |
Series |
Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction |
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Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction.
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Contents |
Introduction / Sara L. Spurgeon -- All the pretty horses (1991). "This is another country" : the complex feminine presence in All the pretty horses / Linda Woodson Hang and rattle : John Grady Cole's horsebreaking in typescript, novel, and film Stacey Peebles McCarthy's multitude(s) : All the pretty horses and los hombres del paĆs / Andrew Husband -- No country for old men (2005). "Mercantile ethics" : No country for old men and the narcocoriddo / Stephen Tatum "Do you see:" : levels of ellipsis in No country for old men / Jay Ellis Evil, mood, and reflection in the Coen brothers' No country for old men / Dan Flory -- The road (2006). "Everything uncoupled from its shoring" : quandaries of epistemology and ethics in The road / Donovan Gwinner "Barren, silent, godless" : ecodisaster and the post-abundant landscape in The road / Susan Kollin "He ought not have done it" : McCarthy and apocalypse / Dana Phillips |
Summary |
This collection of new critical perspectives on three of Cormac McCarthy's most widely-studied novels provides a wide-ranging introduction to the different interpretations of his work. Introductions to each set of essays encourage readers to see connections and contrasts between different approaches |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [190]-205) and index |
Subject |
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-
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McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- All the pretty horses
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McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- No country for old men
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McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- Road.
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Author |
Spurgeon, Sara L.
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LC no. |
2011378508 |
ISBN |
9780826432216 (hbk.) |
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9780826438201 (paperback) |
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