Cormac McCarthy, philosophy and the physics of the damnedPatrick O'Connor.
O'Connor, Patrick, 1979-
Cormac McCarthy, philosophy and the physics of the damnedPatrick O'Connor. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Older than Language: Cormac McCarthy on Language and Evolution in Whales and Men and 'The Kekulé Problem' -- Chapter 2 Literature and Death: McCarthy, Blanchot and Suttree -- Chapter 3 Spirits in Cinderland: Blood Meridian's Nietzsche -- Chapter 4 In the Shadow of the Forms: The Sunset Limited as Educational Encounter -- Chapter 5 Anti-Matters: Mortal Ethics in The Road -- Chapter 6 Saving Sheriff Bell: Derrida, McCarthy and the Opening of Mercantile Ethics in No Country for Old Men -- Chapter 7 A Maelstrom of Doing and Undoing: McCarthy's Political Imaginary -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Explains Cormac McCarthy's consistent philosophical preoccupations across the span of his literary output.
9781474497282
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023 --Philosophy.
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023 --Criticism and interpretation.
Electronic Books.
PS3563 / .C676 2022
Cormac McCarthy, philosophy and the physics of the damnedPatrick O'Connor. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Older than Language: Cormac McCarthy on Language and Evolution in Whales and Men and 'The Kekulé Problem' -- Chapter 2 Literature and Death: McCarthy, Blanchot and Suttree -- Chapter 3 Spirits in Cinderland: Blood Meridian's Nietzsche -- Chapter 4 In the Shadow of the Forms: The Sunset Limited as Educational Encounter -- Chapter 5 Anti-Matters: Mortal Ethics in The Road -- Chapter 6 Saving Sheriff Bell: Derrida, McCarthy and the Opening of Mercantile Ethics in No Country for Old Men -- Chapter 7 A Maelstrom of Doing and Undoing: McCarthy's Political Imaginary -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Explains Cormac McCarthy's consistent philosophical preoccupations across the span of his literary output.
9781474497282
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023 --Philosophy.
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023 --Criticism and interpretation.
Electronic Books.
PS3563 / .C676 2022