<p>Novelist Cormac McCarthyβs brilliant and challenging work demands deep engagement from his readers. In Cormac McCarthyβs House, author, painter, photographer, and actor-director Peter Josyph draws on a wide range of experience to pose provocative, unexpected questions about McCarthyβs work, how i
Cormac McCarthy's house: reading McCarthy without walls
β Scribed by McCarthy, Cormac;Josyph, Peter
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Southwestern writers collection series
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Acclaimed visual artist, actor-director, and writer Peter Josyph and a cast of other interpreters and critics offer a unique appreciation of the literary genius of Cormac McCarthy through directing and acting in his works, exploring their physical settings, and photographing McCarthy and portraying his home.
β¦ Table of Contents
IllustrationsPart One: Excursions and Exchanges Judging Blood Meridian Or The Evening Redness in the West by Its Cover A Walk with Wesley Morgan through Suttree's Knoxville Believing in The Sunset Limited: A Talk with Tom Cornford on Directing McCarthy "Now Let's Talk about The Crossing": An Exchange with Marty PriolaPart Two: The Author as Visual MotifCormac McCarthy's House: A Memoir Chapter One: Resolution 158 Chapter Two: Finding the Where Chapter Three: Collaborating with God Chapter Four: Because the Easel Rocks Chapter Five: San Jacinto Plaza Chapter Six: Cormac McCarthy's HouseEpilogue: Two HemingwaysNotesWorks CitedAcknowledgmentsIndex
β¦ Subjects
Criticism, interpretation, etc;McCarthy, Cormac, -- 1933- -- Criticism and interpretation;McCarthy, Cormac, -- 1933-;McCarthy, Cormac -- 1933
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