Cormac McCarthy and the Genre Turn in Contemporary Literary Fiction

The wholesale embrace of genre fiction by contemporary literary writers is currently reorganizing the literary field. This essay looks at the role that genre has played in Cormac McCarthy’s fiction since his turn to the Western with Blood Meridian (1985). It assesses his genre fiction vis-à-vis Mark...

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Main Author: James Dorson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2017-12-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/12291
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