
- 152 pages
- English
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Reading Cormac McCarthy
About this book
One of today's most important novelists, Cormac McCarthy is at the peak of a long and productive career. The film adaptation of his No Country for Old Men is a major motion picture, and his fiction is widely read in book clubs. This volume looks at his works, characters, themes, and contexts and relates his writings to current events and popular culture. Chapters include sidebars of interesting information, along with questions to stimulate book club discussions and student research. One of today's most important novelists, Cormac McCarthy is at the peak of a long and productive career. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Road in 2007 and the National Book Award for All the Pretty Horses in 1992. This book is a guide to his works and their relevance. The volume begins with a look at his life and his use of the novel as a means of expressing his ideas. The book then looks at his works, themes, characters, and contexts. It then discusses his exploration of current events and the presence of his fiction in popular culture. Chapters include sidebars of interesting information and provide questions to stimulate book club discussion and student research.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Cormac McCarthy: A Writer’s Life
- Chapter 2 Cormac McCarthy and the Genre
- Chapter 3 The Orchard Keeper (1965)
- Chapter 4 Outer Dark (1968)
- Chapter 5 Child of God (1973)
- Chapter 6 Suttree (1979)
- Chapter 7 Blood Meridian (1985)
- Chapter 8 All the Pretty Horses (1992)
- Chapter 9 The Crossing (1994)
- Chapter 10 Cities of the Plain (1998)
- Chapter 11 No Country for Old Men (2005)
- Chapter 12 The Road (2007)
- Chapter 13 Dramatic Works by Cormac McCarthy
- Chapter 14 Today’s Issues in Cormac McCarthy’s Work
- Chapter 15 Pop Culture in Cormac McCarthy’s Work
- Chapter 16 Cormac McCarthy on the Internet
- Chapter 17 Cormac McCarthy and the Media
- Chapter 18 What Do I Read Next?
- Resources
- Index