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
PublicationLondon ; New York, NY : Continuum International Publishing Group, [2012]
Descriptionvi, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011050828
ISBN9781441169341 (cloth)
ISBN1441169342 (cloth)
ISBN9781441185051 (pbk.)
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