True and living prophet of destruction : Cormac McCarthy and modernity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Monk, Nicholas (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.
Subjects:	McCarthy, Cormac, > 1933- > Criticism and interpretation. McCarthy, Cormac, > 1933- > Literary style. Civilization, Modern, in literature. Violence in literature. Modernism (Literature) > United States. McCarthy, Cormac, > 1933- Modernism (Literature) Style, Literary. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Modernity's "I" and the civilized barbarian
From nihilism to globalization
Modernity and the West: Blood meridian, The border trilogy, and No country for old men
Modernity and the South: the Appalachian novels, The gardener's son, and The stonemason
Violence fast and slow
Learning from Cormac McCarthy
A resonance like music
Journeys of spiritual formation
The earth shall weep
The beautiful image
Doing things with words
Marginal worlds, marginal languages.