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PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786423803

ISBN-139780786423804

eBay Product ID (ePID)46899990

Product Key Features

Number of Pages200 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAnimals in the Fiction of Cormac Mccarthy

Publication Year2006

SubjectSubjects & Themes / Nature, American / General, Animals / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorWallis R. Sanborn, Wallis R. Sanborn III

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Nature

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2006-003239

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Animals and Death in The Gardener's Son, The Stonemason , "Bounty," and "The Dark Waters" 2. Feline Hierarchy in The Orchard Keeper 3. Swine as Harbingers of Human Death in Outer Dark 4. Bovines and Levity in Child of God 5. Birds and Bats in Suttree 6. Canine Hierarchy in Blood Meridian 7. Horses as Warriors in All the Pretty Horses 8. Wolves as Metaphor in The Crossing 9. The Hunt as Ballet in Cities of the Plain 10. Following Animal Precedent in No Country for Old Men 11. Conclusion Bibliography Index

SynopsisThe works of Cormac McCarthy have been critically studied as literature of the South and of the Border Southwest. Largely ignored is the omnipresence and presentation of animals in McCarthy's works. Yet the abundant representations of animals depict a part of the ceaseless battle for survival that is inherent in many of his writings. McCarthy's animals exist within the framework of a fictional natural world driven by biological determinism: Wild animals prey upon feral and domestic animals, horses exist as warriors, and the hunt is a ballet between man and hunting hound. Proximity to humans results in mistreatment and death, while distance results in survival and fitness. McCarthy also utilizes animals as harbingers of specific events; for example, hogs are so frequently a precursor of human death that McCarthy's narrators and characters wonder whether hogs are joined to the devil for evil purposes. The first chapter here examines animal presentations in The Stonemason, The Gardener's Son and two short stories, "Bounty" and "The Dark Waters." The following nine chapters focus on one text, one type of animal--feline, swine, bovine, bird and bat, canine, equine, lupine, and hound--and one particular thesis. Each chapter also briefly examines the specific animal as it exists in other McCarthy works., The works of Cormac McCarthy have been critically studied as literature of the South and of the Border Southwest. Largely ignored is the omnipresence and presentation of animals in McCarthy's works. McCarthy's animals exist within the framework of a fictional natural world driven by biological determinism: Wild animals prey upon feral and domestic animals, horses exist as warriors, and the hunt is a ballet between man and hunting hound. Proximity to humans results in mistreatment and death, while distance results in survival and fitness. The first chapter here examines animal presentations in The Stonemason, The Gardener's Son and two short stories, ?Bounty? and ?The Dark Waters.' The following nine chapters focus on one text, one type of animal'feline, swine, bovine, bird and bat, canine, equine, lupine, and hound'and one particular thesis. Each chapter also briefly examines the specific animal as it exists in other McCarthy works., Examines animal presentations in Cormac McCarthy's ""The Stonemason"", ""The Gardener's Son"" and short stories, ""Bounty"" and ""The Dark Waters."" This book focuses on one text, one type of animal - feline, swine, bovine, bird and bat, canine, equine, lupine, and hound - and one thesis. It examines the specific animal, as it exists in his other works.

LC Classification NumberPS3563.C337Z895 2006