A bloody and barbarous god : the metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy / Petra Mundik.
| Author/creator | Mundik, Petra 1984- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016. |
| Description | vi, 426 pages; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy |
| Contents | Introduction." A direct apprehension of reality": Cormac McCarthy and the perennial philosophy -- "Terra damnata": anticosmic mysticism in Blood meridian -- "Suzerain of the earth": the mystery of the judge in Blood meridian -- "Disciples of a new faith": satanic parody in Blood meridian -- "This luminosity in beings so endarkened": gnostic soteriology in Blood meridian -- "Diverging equity": the nature of existence in All the pretty horses -- "All was fear and marvel": positive and negative epiphanies in The crossing, Book one -- "The illusion of proximity": transcendence and immanence in The crossing, Book two -- "Mourners in the darkness": blindness and insight in The crossing, Book three -- "The right and godmade sun": destiny and salvation in The crossing, Book four -- "Beauty and loss are one": transience and fate in Cities of the plain -- "The bloody and barbarous god": sin and forgiveness in Cities of the plain -- "That man who is all men": the illusory and the real in the epilogue to The border trilogy -- "In all that dark and all that cold": good and evil in No country for old men -- "All things of grace and beauty": the presence of the sacred in The road. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-412) and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2015025658 |
| ISBN | 9780826356703 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0826356702 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (electronic) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3563 .C337 Z775 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |