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Title Cormac McCarthy : All the pretty horses, No country for old men, The road / edited by Sara L. Spurgeon
Published London ; New York, NY : Continuum, 2011

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Description viii, 214 pages ; 24 cm
Series Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction
Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction.
Contents Introduction / Sara L. Spurgeon -- All the pretty horses (1991). "This is another country" : the complex feminine presence in All the pretty horses / Linda Woodson Hang and rattle : John Grady Cole's horsebreaking in typescript, novel, and film Stacey Peebles McCarthy's multitude(s) : All the pretty horses and los hombres del paĆ­s / Andrew Husband -- No country for old men (2005). "Mercantile ethics" : No country for old men and the narcocoriddo / Stephen Tatum "Do you see:" : levels of ellipsis in No country for old men / Jay Ellis Evil, mood, and reflection in the Coen brothers' No country for old men / Dan Flory -- The road (2006). "Everything uncoupled from its shoring" : quandaries of epistemology and ethics in The road / Donovan Gwinner "Barren, silent, godless" : ecodisaster and the post-abundant landscape in The road / Susan Kollin "He ought not have done it" : McCarthy and apocalypse / Dana Phillips
Summary This collection of new critical perspectives on three of Cormac McCarthy's most widely-studied novels provides a wide-ranging introduction to the different interpretations of his work. Introductions to each set of essays encourage readers to see connections and contrasts between different approaches
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [190]-205) and index
Subject McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- -- Criticism and interpretation.
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- All the pretty horses
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- No country for old men
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- Road.
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Author Spurgeon, Sara L.
LC no. 2011378508
ISBN 9780826432216 (hbk.)
9780826438201 (paperback)
Other Titles All the pretty horses
No country for old men
The road