Violence in Literature (Critical Insights) by StaceyPeebles Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2014 by Salem Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-61925-409-1, ISBN: 1-61925-409-3
"Our oldest stories are about conflict. This collection draws together discussions of violence in storytelling from a number of perspectives."
"Volume Ten of the Cormac McCarthy Journal may well be our most lively and interesting issue yet. This issue discusses a variety of McCarthy's works, including Samuel Beckett's influence on The Sunset Limited and the echoes of King Lear in No Country for Old Men. We also engage the background radiation of the Vietnam War in No Country. Blood Meridian's terrifying supervillain Judge Holden comes in for an amusing and troubling comp ..."
"This volume offers strategies for guiding students through McCarthy's oeuvre, addressing all his novels as well as his published plays and screenplays."
"An outstanding group of scholars, authors, journalists and historians explores the social, economic, political and literary influences on the autobiographical masterpiece of Cormac McCarthy's Tennessee period. The only dedicated volume of critical essays on many aspects of this complex work, this volume discusses the Knoxville of McCarthy's childhood, its real-life denizens who became the novel's unforgettable characters, the problemati ..."
"Foreword, by William I. Lutterschmidt -- Animal Analogues and the Character of American Wildlife in Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" /William E. Engel -- "At the same time more and less than a man": The Ourang-Outang in ..."
"Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, have sought to show the complexities and horrors of war on-screen.In "The Philosophy of War Films," David LaRocca compiles a series of essays by prominent scholars that examine the impact of represent ..."
"Volume twelve of the Cormac McCarthy Journal contains challenging and penetrating articles about Cormac McCarthy's novels Blood Meridian, Child of God and No Country for Old Men, and his plays The Stonemason and The Sunset Limited. This issue also contains reviews and assessments of several recently published critical works on McCarthy."
"Newly expanded, this year's volume of the Cormac McCarthy Journal includes an international selection of cutting edge articles focusing on McCarthy's novels The Road, Child of God and on the Border Trilogy and the issue of illegal immigration."
"This volume offers strategies for guiding students through McCarthy's oeuvre, addressing all his novels as well as his published plays and screenplays."
Welcome to the Suck Narrating the American Soldier's Experience in Iraq by Stacey Lyn Peebles 192 Pages, Published 2011 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-6142-2, ISBN: 0-8014-6142-1
"In addition, journalists and media workers of all types are extremely vulnerable to
threats, harassment, kidnapping, and attacks by insurgents. ... Before the war
begins in earnest, even his bad days are described with a light touch: “Real-
LifeTM by GOD Inc. is not the greatest ... Salam mocks other Iraqis who seek to
communicate in English less fluently than he does: “I am compiling a Top Five list
of my ..."
"Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, have sought to show the complexities and horrors of war on-screen.In The Philosophy of War Films, David LaRocca compiles a series of essays by prominent scholars that examine the impact of representin ..."
"Cormac McCarthy is renowned as the author of popular and acclaimed novels such as Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, and The Road. Throughout his career, however, McCarthy has also invested deeply in writing for film and theater, an engagement with other forms of storytelling that is often overlooked. He is the author of five screenplays and two plays, and he has been significantly involved with three of the seven film adaptations o ..."
"In this book, Stacey Peebles offers the first extensive overview of this relatively unknown aspect of McCarthy's writing life, including the ways in which other artists have interpreted his work for the stage and screen."
Welcome to the Suck(1st Edition) Narrating the American Soldier's Experience in Iraq by Stacey Lyn Peebles Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2011 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-4946-8, ISBN: 0-8014-4946-4
"Cormac McCarthy is renowned as the author of popular and acclaimed novels such as Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, and The Road. Throughout his career, however, McCarthy has also invested deeply in writing for film and theater, an engagement with other forms of storytelling that is often overlooked. He is the author of five screenplays and two plays, and he has been significantly involved with three of the seven film adaptations o ..."