{"product_id":"reading-the-world-cormac-mccarthys-tennessee-period-paperback","title":"Reading the World: Cormac McCarthy's Tennessee Period - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDianne C. Luce\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigation into the aesthetic and philosophical ends of McCarthy's southern novels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReading the World\u003c\/i\u003e Dianne C. Luce explores the historical and philosophical contexts of Cormac McCarthy's early works crafted during his Tennessee period from 1959 to 1979 to demonstrate how McCarthy integrates literary realism with the imagery and myths of Platonic, gnostic, and existentialist philosophies to create his unique vision of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuce begins with a substantial treatment of the east Tennessee context from which McCarthy's fiction emerges, sketching an Appalachian culture and environment in flux. Against this backdrop Luce examines, novel by novel, McCarthy's distinctive rendering of character through mixed narrative techniques of flashbacks, shifts in vantage point, and dream sequences. Luce shows how McCarthy's fragmented narration and lyrical style combine to create a rich portrayal of the philosophical and religious elements at play in human consciousness as it confronts a world rife with isolation and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Luce explores the developing gnosticism in \u003ci\u003eOuter Dark and Child of God\u003c\/i\u003e, she notes the introduction of Platonic myths and symbols, creating dialogic tensions. She finds McCarthy blending these elements with the neo-gnosticism of Camus's existentialism in \u003ci\u003eThe Gardener's Son, \u003c\/i\u003e and she concludes by illustrating how McCarthy's ambitious Suttree is a culmination of the Tennessee period as she unravels the novel's complexly interwoven fabric of philosophical and mythic strains introduced in the earlier works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn investigation into the aesthetic and philosophical ends of McCarthy's southern novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn investigation into the aesthetic and philosophical ends of McCarthy's southern novels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDianne C. Luce\u003c\/b\u003e was president of the Cormac McCarthy Society from 1998 to 2010 and serves on the editorial board of the \u003ci\u003eCormac McCarthy Journal.\u003c\/i\u003e A McCarthy scholar for thirty years, she is coeditor with Edwin T. Arnold of \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Cormac McCarthy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Cormac McCarthy Companion: The Border Trilogy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42113919811719,"sku":"9781570039881","price":42.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7029619ec20cc81e4b5d75dd9d185d92.webp?v=1732493525","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/reading-the-world-cormac-mccarthys-tennessee-period-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}