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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-101441169342
ISBN-139781441169341
eBay Product ID (ePID)127346874
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameStyles of Extinction: Cormac Mccarthy's the Road
SubjectGeneral, American / General
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorMark Steven
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2011-050828
Reviews"A series of brilliant illuminations of McCarthy's great darkness, and great literary power.¿ This book carries the fire." -- Michael Zeitlin, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of British Columbia, Canada¿
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Table Of ContentA Note on the Texts 1. Introduction Mark Steven and Julian Murphet 2. "The cold illucid world": The Poetics of Gray in Cormac McCarthy's The Road Chris Danta 3. McCarthy's Rhythm Sean Pryor 4. Spring has lost its scent: Allegory, Ruination, and Suicidal Melancholia in The Road Grace Hellyer 5. The Late World of Cormac McCarthy Mark Steven 6. Road, Fire, Trees: Cormac McCarthy's Post-America Paul Sheehan 7. The Cave and The Road: Styles of Forgotten Dreams Julian Murphet 8. McCarthy's Fire Paul Patton 9. Afterword: Acts of kindness--Reflections on a different kind of road movie Mary Zournazi Notes on Contributors Index
SynopsisStyles of Extinction: Cormac McCarthy's The Road brings together several leading literary scholars, one major philosopher, as well as a handful of emerging critical voices, all of whom deploy their own specialist methods in order to think through this bestselling, Zeitgeist-defining event of contemporary literature. There are two dominant modes of analysis gathered here: the first, performed by Julian Murphet, Paul Sheehan, and Mark Steven, is to locate the novel within its political, spiritual, and economic climates; the second, whose exponents include Paul Patton, Sean Pryor, Chris Danta, and Grace Hellyer, deals with the formal dimensions of McCarthy's characteristically brilliant prose in relation to its sparse narrative. By coupling historically sensitive analysis with incisive formal criticism, the contributors not only account for the matchless form of this exemplary novel; they also suggest that The Road has something unique to disclose about the world we inhabit., This collection shows how Cormac McCarthy's The Road reacts aesthetically to many of the ethical, ontological, and political concerns that define our times.