Format:
xii, 333 Seiten
,
25 cm
ISBN:
9781512603392
,
9781512603408
Series Statement:
Re-mapping the transnational : a Dartmouth series in American studies
Content:
"Julius Greve offers a nuanced and innovative take on the writer's ostensible localism and the ecocentric perspective on the world that is assumed by most critics. In opposing both the standard interpretations of McCarthy's novels as either critical of persisting American ideologies--manifest destiny and imperialism--or of the ways in which humanity has wasted Planet Earth, Greve emphasizes the author's interest in the history of science and in the mythographical developments of religious discourse." --
Content:
Introduction. Cormac McCarthy's Concept of Nature -- "Trailing the Cord": Literary Descent and the Ethos of Ecology -- "Shreds of Matter": Physiocentrism and Transnational Speculation -- "Cloaca Maxima": Ontological Decay, or the Decomposition of Nature -- "Another Kind of Clay": Physiophilosophy and War -- "Malignant Life": Indifference, Identity, and Narrative Extainment -- "The Ashes of Its Ruin": Writing Nature between Orphism and Prometheanism -- Conclusion. Naturphilosophie and the Literature of Nature
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781512603415
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781512603415
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
McCarthy, Cormac 1933-2023
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Natur