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Counternarrative Possibilities
James Dorson
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Description for Counternarrative Possibilities
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Counternarrative Possibilities reads Cormac McCarthy's westerns against the backdrop of American mythology's two formative national tropes: virgin land (from the 1950s) and homeland (after 9/11). Looking at McCarthy's westerns in the context of American studies, James Dorson shows how his books counter the national narratives underlying these tropes and reinvest them with new, potentially transformative meaning. Departing from prevailing accounts of McCarthy that place him in relation to his literary antecedents, Counternarrative Possibilities takes a forward-looking approach that reads McCarthy's work as a key influence on millennial fiction. Weaving together disciplinary history with longstanding debates over the relationship between aesthetics ... Read more
Counternarrative Possibilities reads Cormac McCarthy's westerns against the backdrop of American mythology's two formative national tropes: virgin land (from the 1950s) and homeland (after 9/11). Looking at McCarthy's westerns in the context of American studies, James Dorson shows how his books counter the national narratives underlying these tropes and reinvest them with new, potentially transformative meaning. Departing from prevailing accounts of McCarthy that place him in relation to his literary antecedents, Counternarrative Possibilities takes a forward-looking approach that reads McCarthy's work as a key influence on millennial fiction. Weaving together disciplinary history with longstanding debates over the relationship between aesthetics ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Frankfurt, Germany
ISBN
9783593505541
SKU
V9783593505541
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About James Dorson
James Dorson is assistant professor of North American studies at the John F. Kennedy Institute of Freie Universitat Berlin.
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