Cormac Mc Carthy both embodies and redefines the notion of the artist as outsider.
Designed for scholars, teachers, and general readers, and complete with a chronology and bibliography for further reading, this Companion is an essential reference for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of one of America\'s most celebrated living novelists..
The contributors, an international team of Mc Carthy scholars, analyze some of the most well-known and commonly taught novels - Outer Dark, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, and The Road - while providing detailed treatments of Mc Carthy\'s work in cinema, including the many adaptations of his novels to film.
The essays in this Companion offer a sophisticated yet concise introduction to Mc Carthy\'s difficult and provocative work.
His fiction draws on recognizable American themes and employs dense philosophical and theological subtexts, challenging readers by depicting the familiar as inscrutably foreign.
Cormac Mc Carthy both embodies and redefines the notion of the artist as outsider
