The Double Death of Humanity in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
This article situates Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (2006) within the tragic frame of post-apocalyptic narratives as they began to develop in the USA in response to the Bush administration’s messianic belief in 9/11 as a form of apocalyptic moment. Whereas the comic frame of the apocalyptic and post-ap...
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Main Author: | Stephen Joyce |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2017-09-01
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Series: | Transatlantica |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/8386 |
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