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Adventures in reading Cormac McCarthy / Peter Josyph.
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- ISBN: 9780810877078 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0810877074 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: vii, 247 p. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-234) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Suttree's war of the worlds: high noon in Knoxville -- Suttree and the brass ring: reaching for thanksgiving in the Knoxville gutter -- Suttree sutured: his short stay in Knoxville General -- Blood music: reading Blood meridian aloud -- Tragic ecstasy: a conversation with Harold Bloom about Blood meridian -- Blood bath: a conversation with Rick Wallach about Blood meridian -- Older professions: the fourth wall of The stonemason -- Getting the voices right: a conversation with Robert Morgan about The gardener's son -- Notes on Billy Bob Thornton's All the pretty horses -- Losing home: a conversation with Ted Tally about adapting All the pretty horses -- How to flunk the final exam on Cormac McCarthy. |
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| Subject: | McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- > Criticism and interpretation. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
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Table of Contents
Adventures in Reading Cormac Mccarthy
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | p. vii | |
| Part I | Suttree | p. 1 |
| 1 | Suttree's War of the Worlds: High Noon in Knoxville | p. 3 |
| 2 | Suttree and the Brass Ring: Reaching for Thanksgiving in the Knoxville Gutter | p. 23 |
| 3 | Suttree Sutured: His Short Stay in Knoxville General | p. 39 |
| Part II | Blood Meridian | p. 49 |
| 4 | Blood Music: Reading Blood Meridian Aloud | p. 51 |
| 5 | Tragic Ecstasy: A Conversation with Harold Bloom about Blood Meridian | p. 77 |
| 6 | Blood Bath: A Conversation with Rick Wallach about Blood Meridian | p. 93 |
| Part III | The Stonemason | p. 111 |
| 7 | Older Professions: The Fourth Wall of The Stonemason | p. 113 |
| Part IV | The Gardener's Son | p. 143 |
| 8 | Getting the Voices Right: A Conversation with Robert Morgan about The Gardener's Son | p. 145 |
| Part V | All the Pretty Horses | p. 159 |
| 9 | Notes on Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses | p. 161 |
| 10 | Losing Home: A Conversation with Ted Tally about All the Pretty Horses | p. 179 |
| How to Flunk the Final Exam on Cormac McCarthy | p. 199 | |
| Bibliography | p. 229 | |
| Index | p. 235 | |
| About the Author | p. 247 |
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