« A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy
This article focuses on Cormac McCarthy’s religious viewpoint in The Road (2006) and highlights the biblical metaphors and images that bring about a new vision of the apocalypse. Finding God in a godless world lies at the core of McCarthy’s project. Through the motif of the ashes, this essay studies...
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description | This article focuses on Cormac McCarthy’s religious viewpoint in The Road (2006) and highlights the biblical metaphors and images that bring about a new vision of the apocalypse. Finding God in a godless world lies at the core of McCarthy’s project. Through the motif of the ashes, this essay studies McCarthy’s theological aspiration and the emergence of a new eschatological liturgy thanks to a reinvented Holy Trinity. |
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title | « A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy |
title_full | « A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy |
title_fullStr | « A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy |
title_full_unstemmed | « A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy |
title_short | « A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy |
title_sort | a single gray flake like the last host of christendom the road ou l apocalypse selon st mccarthy |
topic | Cormac McCArthy apocalypse Christendom ashes American exceptionalism hierophany |
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