Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy
Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy is a 1999 collection of essays critiquing the works of Cormac McCarthy from his first novel, The Orchard Keeper, originally published in 1965, up through Cities of the Plain, published in 1998. Perspectives was edited by Edwin T. Arnold and Diane C Luce. Each editor contributed two essays apiece to the collection of eleven essays.[1][2] This book covers all of McCarthy's major works published at that time, with the exception of his 1994 drama The Stonemason.[3] Perspectives was published in 1999 by University Press of Mississippi.[4]
Chapters
[edit]The introduction and first four chapters of Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy are provided below:[4]
- "Introduction" by Edwin T. Arnold and Dianne C. Luce (pp. 1–16)
- "Values and Structure in The Orchard Keeper" by David Paul Ragan (pp. 17–28)
- "A Thing Against Which Time Will Not Prevail..." by John M. Grammerv (pp. 29–44).
- "Naming, Knowing and Nothingness: McCarthy's Moral Parables" by Edwin T. Arnold (pp. 45–70).
- "Cormac McCarthy's First Screenplay: 'The Gardener's Son'" by Dianne C. Luce (pp. 71–96).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Greenwood, Willard (1999). "Reviewed work: Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy, Edwin T. Arnold, Dianne C. Luce". Modern Fiction Studies. 45 (4): 1026–1028. doi:10.1353/mfs.1999.0070. JSTOR 26285428. S2CID 161103690.
- ^ Cant, John (2001). "Reviewed work: Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy, Edwin T. Arnold, Diane C. Luce". Journal of American Studies. 35 (2): 337–338. JSTOR 27556970.
- ^ "Brief Mentions." American Literature. Volume 71, Number 3, p. 616. September 1999. Duke University Press
- ^ a b Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy. University Press of Mississippi. 1999. ISBN 9781578061051. JSTOR j.ctt2tv744.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- A Cormac McCarthy Companion
- Luce, Dianne C. (Autumn 2008). "Beyond the Border: Cormac McCarthy in the New Millennium". The Cormac McCarthy Journal. 6 (1): 6–12. JSTOR 42909377.
- Prospects for the Study of Cormac McCarthy
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