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A bloody and barbarous god the metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy

Title
A bloody and barbarous god [electronic resource] : the metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy / Petra Mundik.
Author
Mundik, Petra.
Publication
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.

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1 online resource (vi, 425 pages)
Uniform Title
Bloody and barbarous god (Online)
Alternative Title
  • Bloody and barbarous god (Online)
  • Metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy
Subject
  • McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Metaphysics in literature
  • Good and evil in literature
  • Apocalypse in literature
  • Gnosticism in literature
  • Philosophy in literature
  • Mysticism in literature
  • Spirituality in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-412) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction. " A direct apprehension of reality": Cormac McCarthy and the perennial philosophy -- "Terra damnata": anticosmic mysticism in Blood meridian -- "Suzerain of the earth": the mystery of the judge in Blood meridian -- "Disciples of a new faith": satanic parody in Blood meridian -- "This luminosity in beings so endarkened": gnostic soteriology in Blood meridian -- "Diverging equity": the nature of existence in All the pretty horses -- "All was fear and marvel": positive and negative epiphanies in The crossing, Book one -- "The illusion of proximity": transcendence and immanence in The crossing, Book two -- "Mourners in the darkness": blindness and insight in The crossing, Book three -- "The right and godmade sun": destiny and salvation in The crossing, Book four -- "Beauty and loss are one": transience and fate in Cities of the plain -- "The bloody and barbarous god": sin and forgiveness in Cities of the plain -- "That man who is all men": the illusory and the real in the epilogue to The border trilogy -- "In all that dark and all that cold": good and evil in No country for old men -- "All things of grace and beauty": the presence of the sacred in The road.
LCCN
2015025658
OCLC
ssj0001638564
Author
Mundik, Petra.
Title
A bloody and barbarous god [electronic resource] : the metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy / Petra Mundik.
Imprint
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-412) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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