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UNINA9910821730603321 |
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Autore |
Monk Nicholas |
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Titolo |
True and living prophet of destruction : Cormac McCarthy and modernity / / Nicholas Monk |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 278 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Civilization, Modern, in literature |
Violence in literature |
Modernism (Literature) - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Modernity's "I" and the civilized barbarian -- From nihilism to globalization -- Modernity and the West: Blood meridian, The border trilogy, and No country for old men -- Modernity and the South: the Appalachian novels, The gardener's son, and The stonemason -- Violence fast and slow -- Learning from Cormac McCarthy -- A resonance like music -- Journeys of spiritual formation -- The earth shall weep -- The beautiful image -- Doing things with words -- Marginal worlds, marginal languages. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Monk examines the experience of engaging with McCarthy's fiction in order to reveal why so many people report that "reading Cormac McCarthy changed my life." |
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