A Bloody and Barbarous God: The Metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy Contributor(s): Mundik, Petra (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826356702 ISBN-13: 9780826356703 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 2016 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
Dewey: 813.54 |
LCCN: 2015025658 |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.80 lbs) 432 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
Review Citations: Choice 12/01/2016 |
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Publisher Description: A Bloody and Barbarous God investigates the relationship between gnosticism, a system of thought that argues that the cosmos is evil and that the human spirit must strive for liberation from manifest existence, and the perennial philosophy, a study of the highest common factor in all esoteric religions, and how these traditions have influenced the later novels of Cormac McCarthy, namely, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, No Country for Old Men, and The Road. Mundik argues that McCarthy continually strives to evolve an explanatory theodicy throughout his work and that his novels are, to a lesser or greater extent, concerned with the meaning of human existence in relation to the presence of evil and the nature of the divine. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mundik, Petra: - Petra Mundik is a research assistant at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. She has published articles, chapters, essays, and papers on Cormac McCarthy and is at work on a second book dealing with his early novels. |
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