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A bloody and barbarous god : the metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy / Petra Mundik.

Author/creator Mundik, Petra 1984- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016.
Descriptionvi, 426 pages; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Portion of title Metaphysics of Cormac McCarthy
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 397-412) and index.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2015025658
ISBN9780826356703 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN0826356702 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN(electronic)

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