Cormac McCarthy All the pretty horses, No country for old men, The road / edited by Sara L. Spurgeon.
| Other author | Spurgeon, Sara L. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Continuum, |
| Description | viii, 214 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction. ^A1063455 |
| Contents | Introduction / Sara L. Spurgeon -- pt. I. 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 país / Andrew Husband -- pt. II. 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 -- pt. III. 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-205) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011378508 |
| ISBN | 9780826432216 |
| ISBN | 0826432212 |
| ISBN | 9780826438201 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0826438202 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |