Cormac McCarthy and performance : page, stage, screen / Stacey Peebles.
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 overl...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017. Ã2017 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Cormac Mccarthy, center stage
- First forays : early film interest and The Gardener's Son
- The unproduced screenplays : "Cities of the Plain," "Whales and Men," and "No Country for Old Men"
- Works for theater : The Stonemason and The Sunset Limited
- Keeping the faith : All the Pretty Horses and The Road
- Tragic success stories : No Country for Old Men and The Sunset Limited
- Great expectations : The Counselor and Child of God
- Conclusion. Bears that dance, bears that don't: the attempts to adapt Blood Meridian.