{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-cormac-mccarthy-paperback-9781107644809","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Cormac McCarthy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107644809","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Cormac McCarthy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book provides a sophisticated introduction to the life and work of Cormac McCarthy appropriate for scholars, teachers and general readers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven Frye (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107644809, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 April 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e230 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 1.8 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The collection works best when moving beyond the generalities of genre to the specificities of history and the singularities of style.' The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCormac McCarthy both embodies and redefines the notion of the artist as outsider. His fiction draws on recognizable American themes and employs dense philosophical and theological subtexts, challenging readers by depicting the familiar as inscrutably foreign. The essays in this Companion offer a sophisticated yet concise introduction to McCarthy's difficult and provocative work. The contributors, an international team of McCarthy scholars, analyze some of the most well-known and commonly taught novels - Outer Dark, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses and The Road - while providing detailed treatments of McCarthy's work in cinema, including the many adaptations of his novels to film. Designed for scholars, teachers and general readers, and complete with a chronology and bibliography for further reading, this Companion is an essential reference for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of one of America's most celebrated living novelists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Chronology of McCarthy's life and works\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: histories, novels, ideas: McCarthy and the art of philosophy Steven Frye\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Influence and Innovation: 2. McCarthy's heroes and the will to truth Linda Woodson\u003cbr\u003e 3. Modernism, postmodernism, and language: McCarthy's style Phillip A. Snyder and Delys W. Snyder\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Beginnings in the American South: 4. McCarthy, Tennessee, and the southern gothic Lydia R. Cooper\u003cbr\u003e 5. McCarthy and the uses of philosophy in the Tennessee novels Brian Evenson\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Move Westward: 6. History and the problem of evil in McCarthy's western novels Timothy Parrish\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Border Trilogy, The Road, and the Cold War Pierre Lagayette\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Novels: 8. Outer Dark and romantic naturalism James R. Giles\u003cbr\u003e 9. Blood Meridian and the poetics of violence Steven Frye\u003cbr\u003e 10. All the Pretty Horses, the border, and ethnic encounter Nicholas Monk\u003cbr\u003e 11. The quest for God in The Road Allen Josephs\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Themes and Issues: 12. McCarthy and naturalism Eric Carl Link\u003cbr\u003e 13. McCarthy and film Stacey Peebles\u003cbr\u003e 14. McCarthy's heroes: revisiting masculinity John Dudley\u003cbr\u003e Selected bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265823854872,"sku":"9781107644809","price":22.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107644809i.jpg?v=1696781129","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-cormac-mccarthy-paperback-9781107644809","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}