Shreds of Matter: Cormac Mccarthy and the Concept of Nature - Couverture rigide

Greve, Julius

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1512603392 ISBN 13 : 9781512603392

Editeur : Dartmouth College Press, 2019

Synopsis

Shreds of Matter: Cormac McCarthy and the Concept of Nature offers a nuanced and innovative take on McCarthy's ostensible localism and, along with it, the ecocentric perspective on the world that is assumed by most critics. In opposing the standard interpretations of McCarthy's novels as critical either of persisting American ideologies--such as manifest destiny and imperialism--or of the ways in which humanity has laid waste to planet Earth, Greve instead emphasizes the author's interest both in the history of science and in the mythographical developments of religious discourse. Greve aims to counter traditional interpretations of McCarthy's work and at the same time acknowledge their partial truth, taking into account the work of Friedrich W. J. Schelling and Lorenz Oken, contemporary speculative realism, and Bertrand Westphal's geocriticism. Further, newly discovered archival material sheds light on McCarthy's immersion in the metaphysical question par excellence: What is nature?

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À propos de l'auteur

JULIUS GREVE is a lecturer and research associate at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dartmouth College Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1512603392
• ISBN 13: 9781512603392
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 360
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