{"product_id":"animals-in-the-fiction-of-cormac-mccarthy-paperback","title":"Animals in the Fiction of Cormac McCarthy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWallis R. Sanborn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The works of Cormac McCarthy have been critically studied as literature of the South and of the Border Southwest. Largely ignored is the omnipresence and presentation of animals in McCarthy's works. Yet the abundant representations of animals depict a part of the ceaseless battle for survival that is inherent in many of his writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e McCarthy's animals exist within the framework of a fictional natural world driven by biological determinism: Wild animals prey upon feral and domestic animals, horses exist as warriors, and the hunt is a ballet between man and hunting hound. Proximity to humans results in mistreatment and death, while distance results in survival and fitness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e McCarthy also utilizes animals as harbingers of specific events; for example, hogs are so frequently a precursor of human death that McCarthy's narrators and characters wonder whether hogs are joined to the devil for evil purposes. The first chapter here examines animal presentations in \u003ci\u003eThe Stonemason, The Gardener's Son\u003c\/i\u003e and two short stories, \"Bounty\" and \"The Dark Waters.\" The following nine chapters focus on one text, one type of animal--feline, swine, bovine, bird and bat, canine, equine, lupine, and hound--and one particular thesis. Each chapter also briefly examines the specific animal as it exists in other McCarthy works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWallis R. Sanborn, III, \u003c\/b\u003e teaches at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. He has taught at Texas Tech University, the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Oregon State University, and Angelo State University. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThey Rode On: Blood Meridian and the Tragedy of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e, Gale's \u003ci\u003eContemporary Literary Criticism, Harold Bloom's Modern Critical Views, The Cormac McCarthy Journal, Southwestern American Literature, Texas Books in Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Harbinger, Elysium\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Caprock Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.98 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723208822847,"sku":"9780786423804","price":64.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cc831714c4723c66323205a206ff2522.webp?v=1765098384","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/animals-in-the-fiction-of-cormac-mccarthy-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}