Cormac McCarthy : an American apocalypse / Markus Wierschem.
| Author/creator | Wierschem, Markus author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2024] |
| Description | xxxii, 493 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture. ^A766053 |
| Contents | Prolegomena : sanguinary signifiers -- Sanguinary signifiers : the dis rderly language of myth, violence, and entropy -- Dissolved in a pale and broken image : Pastoralism, mimesis, and dis rder in The orchard keeper -- Order in the woods and in men's souls : gothic psychomythology and scapegoating in Child of God -- A sense of judgment: myth, christianity, and cosmic disorder in Outer dark -- Degeneration through violence : the apocalyptic logic of Blood meridian -- An apocalyptic journey : revelation, conversion and the different ends of The Road. |
| Abstract | "This assessment of Cormac McCarthy's novels captures the interactions among the literary and mythic elements, the social dynamics of violence, and the natural world in The Orchard Keeper, Child of God, Outer Dark, Blood Meridian, and The Road. Drawing on René Girard's mimetic theory, mythography, thermodynamic entropy, and information science, scholar Markus Wierschem identifies a literary apocalypse at the center of McCarthy's work, one that unveils another buried deep within the history, religion, and myths of American and Western culture"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2023021733 |
| ISBN | 9781611864823 |
| ISBN | 1611864828 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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