Frye, Steven
Understanding Cormac McCarthy
- ISBN 13:
- 9781611170184
- author:
- Frye, Steven
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of South Carolina Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 20.1 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm
- Genre:
- English
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Cormac McCarthy: A Comprehensive Study. Named as one of the most significant American novelists of our time by Harold Bloom, Cormac McCarthy has received numerous accolades for his work, including the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. This comprehensive study explores McCarthy's fiction to date, examining his aesthetic and thematic concerns, philosophical and religious influences, and participation in Western literary traditions. The book delves into each novel in detail, tracing the trajectory of McCarthy's development as a writer who has invigorated literary culture through a unique blend of influence, transformation, and aesthetic innovation. The study covers McCarthy's early works, including Blood Meridian, which marks his transition to the West, as well as his later novels such as No Country for Old Men and The Road. A clear and argued examination of McCarthy's novels in their historical and literary contexts provides a foundational understanding of his work, illuminating the dark and mythic topography of the American frontier.
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