RT Book
T1 Cormac McCarthy: an American apocalypse
T2 Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture
A1 Wierschem, Markus
LA English
PP East Lansing
PB Michigan State University Press
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/188605911X
AB "This assessment of Cormac McCarthy's novels captures the interactions among the literary and mythic elements, the social dynamics of violence, and the natural world in The Orchard Keeper, Child of God, Outer Dark, Blood Meridian, and The Road. Drawing on René Girard's mimetic theory, mythography, thermodynamic entropy, and information science, scholar Markus Wierschem identifies a literary apocalypse at the center of McCarthy's work, one that unveils another buried deep within the history, religion, and myths of American and Western culture"--
CN PS3563
SN 9781609177508
K1 McCarthy, Cormac : 1933-2023 : Criticism and interpretation
K1 McCarthy, Cormac - 1933-2023
K1 Apocalypse in literature
K1 American fiction : 20th century : History and criticism
K1 American fiction : 21st century : History and criticism
K1 Roman américain - 21e siècle - Histoire et critique
K1 Roman américain - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique
K1 Fin du monde dans la littérature
K1 American fiction
K1 Criticism, interpretation, etc