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No more heroes narrative perspective and morality in Cormac McCarthy

Title
No more heroes [electronic resource] : narrative perspective and morality in Cormac McCarthy / Lydia R. Cooper.
Author
Cooper, Lydia R., 1980-
Publication
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (x, 185 p.)
Series Statement
Southern literary series
Uniform Title
No more heroes (Online)
Alternative Title
No more heroes (Online)
Subject
  • McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023 > Criticism and interpretation
  • McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023 > Technique
  • Narration (Rhetoric)
  • Heroes in literature
  • Ethics in literature
  • Empathy in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-182) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: narrative perspective and morality in McCarthy's novels -- "Word and flesh": narrative and morality in the early Appalachian novels -- "A dream of shriving": empathy and the aesthetics of confession in Suttree and Blood meridian -- "Pledged in blood": linguistic interiority and redemption in the border trilogy -- "He's a psychopathic killer but so what?": moral storytelling in No country for old men -- "There is no god and we are his prophets": heroism and prophetic narrative in The road -- Conclusion: finding heroism through empathy in McCarthy's novels.
LCCN
2010022280
OCLC
ssj0000624301
Author
Cooper, Lydia R., 1980-
Title
No more heroes [electronic resource] : narrative perspective and morality in Cormac McCarthy / Lydia R. Cooper.
Imprint
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2011.
Series
Southern literary series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-182) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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