Styles of extinction : Cormac McCarthy's The road / edited by Julian Murphet and Mark Steven.
| Other author | Murphet, Julian. |
| Other author | Steven, Mark. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London ; New York, NY : Continuum International Publishing Group, [2012] |
| Description | vi, 163 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : "The charred ruins of a library" / Mark Steven and Julian Murphet -- The cold illucid world : the poetics of gray in Cormac McCarthy's The road / Chris Danta -- McCarthy's rhythm / Sean Pryor -- Spring has lost its scent : allegory, ruination, and suicidal melancholia in The road / Grace Hellyer -- The late world of Cormac McCarthy / Mark Steven -- Road, fire, trees : Cormac McCarthy's post-America / Paul Sheehan -- The cave and the road : styles of forgotten dreams / Julian Murphet -- McCarthy's fire / Paul Patton -- Afterword : Acts of kindness -- reflections on a different kind of road movie / Mary Zournazi. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011050828 |
| ISBN | 9781441169341 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 1441169342 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9781441185051 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1441185054 (pbk.) |