Synopses & Reviews
For almost three decades, Cormac McCarthy solidified his reputation as an American “writer's writer” with remarkable novelssuch as his
Appalachian Tales, The Orchard Keeper, Outer Dark, Child of God,
Suttree, and his terrifying Western masterpiece,
Blood Meridian. Then, with the publication of
All the Pretty Horses, the first work of his celebrated
Border Trilogy in 1992, McCarthy's popularity exploded on to a world stage. As his reputation burgeoned with the publications of
The Crossing and
Cities of the Plain, the critical response to McCarthy has grown apace.
Synopsis
For almost three decades, Cormac McCarthy solidified his reputation as an American "writer's writer" with remarkable novels such as his Appalachian Tales, The Orchard Keeper, Outer Dark, Child of God, Suttree, and his terrifying Western masterpiece, Blood Meridian. Then, with the publication of All the Pretty Horses, the first work of his celebrated Border Trilogy in 1992, McCarthy's popularity exploded on to a world stage. As his reputation burgeoned with the publications of The Crossing and Cities of the Plain, the critical response to McCarthy has grown apace.
About the Author
Rick Wallach teaches Literature at the University of Miami.
Table of Contents
Preface--Madison Smartt Bell *
The Appalachian Works * Prefiguring Cormac McCarthy--Rick Wallach * “They Ain't the Thing”--Dianne C. Luce * “Like Something Seen through a Bad Glass”--William Prather * Imposition and Resistance in
The Orchard Keeper --Barbara Brickman * The Evolution of the Dead Girlfriend Motif in
Outer Dark and
Child of God --Nell Sullivan * “He's Hell when He's Well”--Terri Witek * Detailing the Wor(l)d in
Suttree --Béatrice Trotignon * The Seventh Direction, or Suttree's Vision Quest--William Spencer * Ruder Forms Survive--Matthew Guinn *
A Detour into Drama * Older Professions--Peter Josyph * Cormac McCarthy's
The Stonemason --Edwin T. Arnold *
From East to West * McCarthy Music--Jay Ellis * “I Ain't Come Back Rich, that's for Sure”--Christine Chollier * The Process of Elimination--John Vanderheide *
The Border Trilogy * “A False Book is no Book at All--David Holloway * De los Herejes y Huérfanos--Linda Townley Woodson * “A Certain but Fugitive Testimony”--John Beck * Liberty Beyond it's Proper Bounds--Neil Campbell * Into the Darkening Land, the World to Come--Mark Busby * “Mexico para los Mexicanos”--John Wegner * Female Presence, Male Violence and the Art of Artlessness in the Border Trilogy --Patrick W. Shaw * Games in the Border Trilogy --Marty Priola * “The Hands of Yet Other Puppets”--James D. Lilley * The Trapper Mystic--S. K. Robisch * The Last Stage of the Hero's Evolution--Charles Bailey Preface--Madison Smartt Bell * The Appalachian Works * Prefiguring Cormac McCarthy--Rick Wallach * “They Ain't the Thing”--Dianne C. Luce * “Like Something Seen through a Bad Glass”--William Prather * Imposition and Resistance in The Orchard Keeper --Barbara Brickman * The Evolution of the Dead Girlfriend Motif in Outer Dark and Child of God --Nell Sullivan * “He's Hell when He's Well”--Terri Witek * Detailing the Wor(l)d in Suttree --Béatrice Trotignon * The Seventh Direction, or Suttree's Vision Quest--William Spencer * Ruder Forms Survive--Matthew Guinn * A Detour into Drama * Older Professions--Peter Josyph * Cormac McCarthy's The Stonemason --Edwin T. Arnold * From East to West * McCarthy Music--Jay Ellis * “I Ain't Come Back Rich, that's for Sure”--Christine Chollier * The Process of Elimination--John Vanderheide * The Border Trilogy * “A False Book is no Book at All--David Holloway * De los Herejes y Huérfanos--Linda Townley Woodson * “A Certain but Fugitive Testimony”--John Beck * Liberty Beyond it's Proper Bounds--Neil Campbell * Into the Darkening Land, the World to Come--Mark Busby * “Mexico para los Mexicanos”--John Wegner * Female Presence, Male Violence and the Art of Artlessness in the Border Trilogy --Patrick W. Shaw * Games in the Border Trilogy --Marty Priola * “The Hands of Yet Other Puppets”--James D. Lilley * The Trapper Mystic--S. K. Robisch * The Last Stage of the Hero's Evolution--Charles Bailey