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Boise State University western writers volume no. 139
Publisher
Boise State University
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Author
Series
McFarland literary companions volume 9
Publisher
McFarland & Co., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Intended for both the scholar and lay reader of McCarthy's works. Entries analyze novels, characters, motifs, allusions, plays, and themes, events, people and places related to McCarthy scholarship. Most entries include a selected bibliography for further reading. A biographical introduction provides information on the life of this reclusive author, and discussion topics are provided for instructors"--Provided by publisher.
18) Cormac McCarthy
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 679
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
In this astute and learned analysis of McCarthy's fiction, Robert Jarrett looks at all seven of the novels published to date and responds to much of the current (and proliferating) critical thought about McCarthy. After an introductory biographical chapter, Jarrett addresses what he considers the two phases of McCarthy's fiction: as a regional writer of the Appalachian South, whose work mixes modernist and realistic techniques and merges contemporary...
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Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Blood Meridian (1985), Cormac McCarthy's epic tale of an otherwise nameless "kid" who in his teens joins a gang of licensed scalp hunters whose marauding adventures take place across Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona, and California during 1849 and 1850, is widely considered to be one of the finest novels of the Old West, as well as McCarthy's greatest work. The New York Times Book Review ranked it third in a 2006 survey of the "best work of American...
