"As of some site where life had not succeeded": sorrow, allegory, and pastoralism in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy

Article Abstract:

Issues discussed concern the portrayal of sorrow and frontier life in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, which includes 'All the Pretty Horses,' 'The Crossing,' and 'Cities of the Plain.' Topics addressed include melancholia, allegorical discourse, and pastoralism.

Pastoral literature

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The world on fire: ethics and evolution in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy

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Issues discussed concern the portrayal of human ecology, ethics, and warfare in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, which includes 'The Crossing,' 'All the Pretty Horses,' and 'Cities of the Plain.' Topics addressed include the relationship between humans and nature in these works.

Ethics, Human ecology

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The lay of the land in Cormac McCarthy's 'The Orchard Keeper' and 'Child of God'

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Cormac McCarthy criticizes those who have harmed the environment in his novels 'The Orchard Keeper' and 'Child of God.' Appalachia is portrayed accurately enough to not require place names and also as a deteriorating landscape.

The Orchard Keeper (Book), Child of God (Book), Mountain whites (Southern States), Appalachian people (Southern States)

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