| Cormac McCarthy and the Myth of American Exceptionalism Contributor(s): Cant, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415981425 ISBN-13: 9780415981422 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: P This overview of McCarthy??'s published work to date, including: the short stories he published as a student, his novels, stage play and TV film script, locates him as a icocolastic writer, engaged in deconstructing America??'s vision of itself as a nation with an exceptionalist role in the world. /P P Introductory chapters outline his personal background and the influences on his early years in Tennessee whilst each of his works is dealt with in a separate chapter listed in chronological order of publication. /P |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 2007023587 |
| Series: Studies in Major Literary Authors |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.28" W x 9.36" (1.43 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This overview of McCarthy's published work to date, including: the short stories he published as a student, his novels, stage play and TV film script, locates him as a icocolastic writer, engaged in deconstructing America's vision of itself as a nation with an exceptionalist role in the world. Introductory chapters outline his personal background and the influences on his early years in Tennessee whilst each of his works is dealt with in a separate chapter listed in chronological order of publication. |