Cormac McCarthy : an American apocalypse /
This assessment of Cormac McCarthy's novels captures the interactions among the literary and mythic elements, the social dynamics of violence and the natural world in The Orchard Keeper, Child of God, Outer Dark, Blood Meridian and The Road. Drawing on René Girard's mimetic theory, mythogr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
[2024].
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| Series: | Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture.
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| Summary: | This assessment of Cormac McCarthy's novels captures the interactions among the literary and mythic elements, the social dynamics of violence and the natural world in The Orchard Keeper, Child of God, Outer Dark, Blood Meridian and The Road. Drawing on René Girard's mimetic theory, mythography, thermodynamic entropy and information science, scholar Markus Wierschem identifies a literary apocalypse at the center of McCarthy's work, one that unveils another buried deep within the history, religion, and myths of American and Western culture. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxii, 493 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611864823 1611864828 |