Unguessed Kinships: Naturalism and the Geography of Hope in Cormac McCarthy

by Steven Frye

Book Overview

The values of literary naturalism at play in one of America's most visionary novelists

It took six novels and nearly thirty years for Cormac McCarthy to find commercial success with the National Book Award-winning All the Pretty Horses, followed by major prizes, more best sellers, and Hollywood adaptations of his work. Those successes, though, have obscured McCarthy's commitment to an older form of literary expression: naturalism.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081736109X
• ISBN13: 9780817361099
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"