True and Living Prophet of Destruction: Cormac McCarthy and Modernity

by Nicholas Monk

Cormac McCarthy's work sounds warnings of impending apocalypse, but it also implies that redemption remains available. Nicholas Monk argues that McCarthy's response to the modern world is more subtle and less laden with despair than many realize, and that his work represents an understanding of the world that transcends the political divisions of right and left, escapes the reductive nature of identity politics, and looks to futures beyond the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826356796
• ISBN13: 9780826356796
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"