This book argues that McCarthy s works convey a profound moral vision, and use intertextuality, moral philosophy, and questions of genre to advance that vision. It focuses upon the ways in which McCarthy s fiction is in ceaseless conversation with literary and philosophical tradition, examining McCarthy s investment in influential thinkers from Marcus Aurelius to Hannah Arendt, and poets, playwrights, and novelists from Dante and Shakespeare to Fyodor Dostoevsky and Antonio Machado. The book shows how McCarthy s fiction grapples with abiding moral and metaphysical issues: the nature and...
This book argues that McCarthy s works convey a profound moral vision, and use intertextuality, moral philosophy, and questions of genre to advance...
