No more heroes : narrative perspective and morality in Cormac McCarthy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cooper, Lydia R., 1980-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2011]
Series:	Southern literary series.
Subjects:	McCarthy, Cormac, > 1933- > Technique. McCarthy, Cormac, > 1933- > Criticism and interpretation. Empathy in literature. Ethics in literature. Heroes in literature. Narration (Rhetoric) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: narrative perspective and morality in McCarthy's novels
"Word and flesh": narrative and morality in the early Appalachian novels
"A dream of shriving": empathy and the aesthetics of confession in Suttree and Blood meridian
"Pledged in blood": linguistic interiority and redemption in the border trilogy
"He's a psychopathic killer but so what?": moral storytelling in No country for old men
"There is no god and we are his prophets": heroism and prophetic narrative in The road
Conclusion: finding heroism through empathy in McCarthy's novels.