Cormac McCarthy, Philosophy and the Physics of the Damned

AvPatrick O’Connor

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Explains Cormac McCarthy's consistent philosophical preoccupations across the span of his literary outputProvides a vital interpretive framework for understanding Cormac McCarthy's literary and philosophical perspectivesOffers a systematic study of distinctly philosophical themes present in Cormac McCarthy's workAnalyses how Cormac McCarthy offers a unique synthesis of metaphysical and materialist themesExplains the intersection of philosophical and literary themes in McCarthy's work in an accessible wayThis book explores Cormac McCarthy's literature (novels, plays, screenplays, philosophical essays and unpublished archive material) to uncover a distinct literary philosophy. More specifically, this study elucidates how McCarthy articulates a philosophical perspective which pivots on philosophical themes of mortality, the political, education, nihilism, materialism and language. Tracing these themes from the publication of his earliest novels to his most recent philosophical essays, this book argues that McCarthy offers a unique synthesis of spiritual, ethical and materialist concerns, the understanding of which is essential for coming to terms with his literature.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-11-15
Mått:156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt:336 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474497275

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Patrick O’Connor is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Digital, Technologies and Arts at Staffordshire University. He researches European Philosophy (especially Phenomenology), 19th and 20th Century European Philosophy and 20th Century French Philosophy. His published books include Atheism Reclaimed (2014) on atheism and existentialism and on phenomenology, ethics and the work of Jacques Derrida, Derrida: Profanations (2010). He has published several articles on philosophy, literature, education and film. He hosts the Thales’ Well philosophy podcast.

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O’Connor’s navigation of the sea of philosophical themes across McCarthy’s corpus is exactly the intervention McCarthy studies needed. This lucid, path-breaking book does more than simply codify our sense of McCarthy’s personal philosophy. It also helps to clarify what it means for any writer to write philosophical literature.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1. Older than Language: Cormac McCarthy on Language and Evolution in Whales and Men and "The Kekulé Problem’’2. Literature and Death: Suttree, McCarthy and Blanchot3. Spirits in Cinderland: Blood Meridian’s Nietzsche4. In the Shadow of the Forms: The Sunset Limited as Educational Encounter5. Anti-Matters: Mortal Ethics in The Road6. Saving Sheriff Bell: Derrida, McCarthy and the Opening of Mercantile Ethics in No Country for Old Men7. A Maelstrom of Doing and Undoing: McCarthy’s Political ImaginaryConclusionBibliographyIndex