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Science and Literature in Cormac Mccarthy's Expanding Worlds by Bryan Giemza (2024, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-101501383817
ISBN-139781501383816
eBay Product ID (ePID)27059113188
Product Key Features
Number of Pages184 Pages
Publication NameScience and Literature in Cormac Mccarthy's Expanding Worlds
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
SubjectComparative Literature, Modern / 21st Century, American / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorBryan Giemza
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2022-049393
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Giemza has been able to probe the role of science in shaping McCarthy's imagination in a way few others have had an opportunity to do ... An essential companion for anyone interested in a deeper scholarly and thematic treatment of McCarthy and his works." -- Philip D. Bunn, The University Bookman "Bryan Giemza's groundbreaking study of the integration of science and humanities in Cormac McCarthy's fiction is both beautifully written and compelling. His investigation into McCarthy's scientific fascination and his experience at the Santa Fe Institute offers a convergence of what too often are viewed as disparate cultures, instead positing imaginative symmetries which yield fresh and provocative insights." -- Robert Newman, President, National Humanities Center, USA "If you ever wished you could probe the mind of Cormac McCarthy to untangle the complexities of his novels, Bryan Giemza has written a fascinating manual with valuable keys to explicating much of McCarthy's later work." -- Dennis McCarthy, author of The Gospel According to Billy the Kid (2021)
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal813.54
Table Of ContentList of Figures 1. Introduction: The Trail to Santa Fe and to the Stars (and Why It's Good Craic ) Science 2. Starting from a Unified Place: How Chirality and Handedness Inform McCarthy's Universe Technology 3. Blowing Up Knoxville: How Domestic Terrorism and Actual Misadventures with Dynamite Shaped McCarthy's World Engineering and the Built Environment 4. Hypanthropic Times: How the Tennessee Valley Authority Sculpted the Mountains, Drifted the McCarthy Family, and Flooded Cormac's Imagination Math 5. Unified Minds and Fractured Minds: Toward No Probable Conclusions Acknowledgments Index
SynopsisBryan Giemza challenges the myth of the solitary genius, both in scientific and humanistic endeavors, and demonstrates how Cormac McCarthy is the exceptional figure whose work allows and encourages us to interrogate the marriage of the sciences and humanities. Drawing from previously unsurfaced archival connections as well as a range of primary sources and interview subjects, including those close to McCarthy, Giemza places McCarthy's work within contemporary scientific discourse and literary criticism. Timely and innovative in both content and structure, the volume includes a biographical examination of the writer's love of science and the path that led him to the Santa Fe Institute and offers a rare look behind its closed doors.The book probes the STEM subjects - with chapters focused on technology, engineering, and math - within and throughout McCarthy's fictional universe and biography. The final chapter explores McCarthy's friendship with Guy Davenport and their shared interest in creating a unified aesthetic theory alongside McCarthy's essays and most recent literary projects, The Passenger and Stella Maris . In arguing that science and art are connected by aesthetics, Giemza confirms the profound truth of McCarthy's unwavering belief that "There's a beauty to science" and a language of human understanding that transcends words., Bryan Giemza challenges the myth of the solitary genius, both in scientific and humanistic endeavors, and demonstrates how Cormac McCarthy is the exceptional figure whose work allows and encourages us to interrogate the marriage of the sciences and humanities. Drawing from previously unsurfaced archival connections as well as a range of primary sources and interview subjects, including those close to McCarthy, Giemza places McCarthy's work within contemporary scientific discourse and literary criticism. Timely and innovative in both content and structure, the volume includes a biographical examination of the writer's love of science and the path that led him to the Santa Fe Institute and offers a rare look behind its closed doors. The book probes the STEM subjects - with chapters focused on technology, engineering, and math - within and throughout McCarthy's fictional universe and biography. The final chapter explores McCarthy's friendship with Guy Davenport and their shared interest in creating a unified aesthetic theory alongside McCarthy's essays and most recent literary projects, The Passenger and Stella Maris . In arguing that science and art are connected by aesthetics, Giemza confirms the profound truth of McCarthy's unwavering belief that "There's a beauty to science" and a language of human understanding that transcends words.
LC Classification NumberPS3563.C337Z663 2023
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