Adelman, Gary.

Sorrow's rigging : the novels of Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo, and Robert Stone / Gary Adelman. - Montreal [Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2012. (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2012). - 1 online resource (182 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

The quest to find hope in a savage world : the novels of Cormac McCarthy -- Dark hope : the novels of Don DeLillo -- Robert Stone and the problem of Vietnam.

An exploration of three of the most brilliant American novelists and their country's myths, dreams, outrages, innocence and heartbreak.



9780773587205 9781283583886




McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023 --Criticism and interpretation.
DeLillo, Don--Criticism and interpretation.
Stone, Robert, 1937-2015 --Criticism and interpretation.


Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Despair in literature.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century


Electronic Books.

PS374 / .S677 2012