LEADER 04573nam 2200529 i 4500001 ssj0002713784 003 WaSeSS 005 20240412080346.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 220904s2023 scua sb 001 0beng d 010 2022036498 020 9781643363554 |q(paperback) 020 9781643363547 |q(hardcover) 020 |z9781643363561 |q(ebook) 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0002713784 040 LBSOR/DLC |beng |cDLC |dDLC |dWaSeSS 042 pcc 049 EREENEHH 050 00 PS3563.C337 |bZ759 2023 082 00 813/.54 |223/eng/20220921 084 LIT024050LIT025000 |2bisacsh 100 1 Luce, Dianne C., |d1947- |=^A325482 245 10 Embracing vocation |h[electronic resource] : |bCormac McCarthy's writing life, 1959-1974 / |cDianne C. Luce. 260 Columbia, South Carolina : |bThe University of South Carolina Press, |c[2023] 300 xiii, 316 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Apprentice work and biographical context -- Drafting The orchard keeper : remnants of the first draft -- The "late draft" -- Revision for Lawrence Bensky -- Working with Albert Erskine -- Placing excerpts in periodicals -- Compiling the jacket copy -- Awards -- Reviews and sales -- Biographical context and the novel's genesis -- the drafting process -- Culla's monologues -- Sins of the father : the triune surface -- The ferry scene and Culla's psychotic break -- Culla's dreams -- The triune walk -- Rinthy's Evolution -- The murder of the tinker -- The child sacrifice -- Culla and the blind man -- New Orleans to Knoxville to Europe, 1964-1967 -- The editing stage -- Publication and reception -- Subsidiary rights and awards -- Genesis -- The auction -- The high sheriff of Sevier County -- Contrary oxen and the unidentified storytellers -- The child and the frozen robin -- The blacksmith -- Domestic life and writing life in Tennessee, 1967-1973 -- Representation by the Robert Lantz-Candida -- Donadio literary agency -- Revising Child of God in the middle and late draft stages -- The editing stage -- Publication and reception -- Afterword : 1974. 506 Available only to authorized users. 520 "Revelations on craft from a foundational scholar of Cormac McCarthy. Devotees of Cormac McCarthy's novels are legion, and deservedly so. Embracing Vocation, which tells the tale of his journey to become one of America's greatest living writers, will be invaluable to scholars and literary critics-and to the many fans-interested in his work. Dianne C. Luce, a foundational scholar of McCarthy's writing, through extensive archival research, examines the first fifteen years of his career and his earliest novels. Novel by novel, Luce traces each book's evolution. In the process she unveils McCarthy's working processes as well as his personal, literary, and professional influences, highlighting his ferocious devotion to both his craft and burgeoning art. Luce invites us to see the fascinating evolution of an American author with a unique vision all his own. Until there is a full-on biography, this study, along with Luce's previous, Reading the World: Cormac McCarthy's Tennessee Period, is the finest available portrait of an American genius unfolding"-- |cProvided by publisher. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 600 10 McCarthy, Cormac, |d1933-2023 |xCriticism and interpretation. |=^A309189 650 0 Novelists, American |y20th century |vBiography. |=^A418832 650 0 American fiction |y20th century |xHistory and criticism. |=^A22044 650 0 Fiction |xAuthorship. |=^A113300 650 7 LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century |2bisacsh 650 7 LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General |2bisacsh 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=30154169 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 596 1 3 4 998 6354594