Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy.
Title:
Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy.
Author:
Josyph, Peter.
ISBN:
9780810877085
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (195 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. SUTTREE -- Chapter 01. Suttree's War of the Worlds: High Noon in Knoxville -- Chapter 02. Suttree and the Brass Ring: Reaching for Thanksgiving in the Knoxville Gutter -- Chapter 03. Suttree Sutured: His Short Stay in Knoxville General -- Part II. BLOOD MERIDIAN -- Chapter 04. Blood Music: Reading Blood Meridian Aloud -- Chapter 05. Tragic Ecstasy: A Conversation with Harold Bloom about Blood Meridian -- Chapter 06. Blood Bath: A Conversation with Rick Wallach about Blood Meridian -- Part III. THE STONEMASON -- Chapter 07. Older Professions: The Fourth Wall of The Stonemason -- Part IV. THE GARDENER'S SON -- Chapter 08. Getting the Voices Right: A Conversation with Robert Morgan about The Gardener's Son -- Part V. ALL THE PRETTY HORSES -- Chapter 09. Notes on Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses -- Chapter 10. Losing Home: A Conversation with Ted Tally about All the Pretty Horses -- How to Flunk the Final Exam on Cormac McCarthy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
Drawing on multiple resources of an unconventional nature, this book examines some of McCarthy's most significant works, including Blood Meridian, Suttree, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, and The Road.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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