Reading Cormac McCarthy

Informationen zum Autor WILLARD P. GREENWOOD is Associate Professor of English and Chair of the English Department at Hiram College. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Hiram Poetry Review , and his writing has appeared in such outlets as Yale Angler's Journal , Passages North , and American Literary Review . Klappentext One of today's most important novelists, Cormac McCarthy is at the peak of a long and productive career. The film adaptation of his No Country for Old Men is a major motion picture, and his fiction is widely read in book clubs. This volume looks at his works, characters, themes, and contexts and relates his writings to current events and popular culture. Chapters include sidebars of interesting information, along with questions to stimulate book club discussions and student research.One of today's most important novelists, Cormac McCarthy is at the peak of a long and productive career. He won the Pulitzer Prize for The Road in 2007 and the National Book Award for All the Pretty Horses in 1992. This book is a guide to his works and their relevance.The volume begins with a look at his life and his use of the novel as a means of expressing his ideas. The book then looks at his works, themes, characters, and contexts. It then discusses his exploration of current events and the presence of his fiction in popular culture. Chapters include sidebars of interesting information and provide questions to stimulate book club discussion and student research. Zusammenfassung Chapters include sidebars of interesting information! along with questions to stimulate book club discussions and student research. One of today's most important novelists! Cormac McCarthy is at the peak of a long and productive career.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Willard Greenwood, Willard P. Greenwood, Greenwood Willard P.
• Editore: Greenwood Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.06.2009
• EAN: 9780313356643
• ISBN: 978-0-313-35664-3
• Pagine: 141
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: The Pop Lit Book Club; The Pop Lit Book Club
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Enciclopedie, lessici; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form