LEADER 04451nam 22006493 450 001 9910838204103321 005 20230102050510.0 010 $a1-64336-356-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30154169 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30154169 035 $a(CKB)25360812800041 035 $a(OCoLC)1355693969 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_100876 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925360812800041 100 $a20221120d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmbracing Vocation $eCormac Mccarthy's Writing Life, 1959-1974 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aColumbia :$cUniversity of South Carolina Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (338 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Luce, Dianne C. Embracing Vocation Columbia : University of South Carolina Press,c2023 9781643363554 327 $aApprentice work and biographical context -- Drafting The orchard keeper : remnants of the first draft -- The "late draft" -- Revision for Lawrence Bensky -- Working with Albert Erskine -- Placing excerpts in periodicals -- Compiling the jacket copy -- Awards -- Reviews and sales -- Biographical context and the novel's genesis -- the drafting process -- Culla's monologues -- Sins of the father : the triune surface -- The ferry scene and Culla's psychotic break -- Culla's dreams -- The triune walk -- Rinthy's Evolution -- The murder of the tinker -- The child sacrifice -- Culla and the blind man -- New Orleans to Knoxville to Europe, 1964-1967 -- The editing stage -- Publication and reception -- Subsidiary rights and awards -- Genesis -- The auction -- The high sheriff of Sevier County -- Contrary oxen and the unidentified storytellers -- The child and the frozen robin -- The blacksmith -- Domestic life and writing life in Tennessee, 1967-1973 -- Representation by the Robert Lantz-Candida -- Donadio literary agency -- Revising Child of God in the middle and late draft stages -- The editing stage -- Publication and reception -- Afterword : 1974. 330 $a"Revelations on craft from a foundational scholar of Cormac McCarthy. Devotees of Cormac McCarthy's novels are legion, and deservedly so. Embracing Vocation, which tells the tale of his journey to become one of America's greatest living writers, will be invaluable to scholars and literary critics-and to the many fans-interested in his work. Dianne C. Luce, a foundational scholar of McCarthy's writing, through extensive archival research, examines the first fifteen years of his career and his earliest novels. Novel by novel, Luce traces each book's evolution. In the process she unveils McCarthy's working processes as well as his personal, literary, and professional influences, highlighting his ferocious devotion to both his craft and burgeoning art. Luce invites us to see the fascinating evolution of an American author with a unique vision all his own. Until there is a full-on biography, this study, along with Luce's previous, Reading the World: Cormac McCarthy's Tennessee Period, is the finest available portrait of an American genius unfolding"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aNovelists, American$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01039688 606 $aFiction$xAuthorship$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00923713 606 $aAmerican fiction$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00807048 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General$2bisacsh 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century$2bisacsh 606 $aFiction$xAuthorship 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNovelists, American$y20th century$vBiography 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 608 $aBiographies. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aNovelists, American. 615 7$aFiction$xAuthorship. 615 7$aAmerican fiction. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century. 615 0$aFiction$xAuthorship. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNovelists, American 676 $a813/.54 686 $aLIT024050$aLIT025000$2bisacsh 700 $aLuce$b Dianne C$01727739 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838204103321 996 $aEmbracing Vocation$94135528 997 $aUNINA