Cormac McCarthy's Western Novels

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Summary: Sparkling review of an enthralling, enriching body of work.
Review: If you're a bit puzzled by all of the cheering for Cormac McCarthy, look here. I don't agree with everything he says, but Owen packs this slim volume with plenty of eye-opening (and sometimes mind-boggling) insights.

His discussions and comparisons and references have inspired me to go back and read Jack London's short story, "To Build A Fire," with new appreciation; then led me to Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat," then to T. R. Fehrebach's THE COMANCHES, which I might otherwise have never discovered.

Rating:
Summary: Sparkling review of an enthralling, enriching body of work.
Review: If you're a bit puzzled by all of the cheering for Cormac McCarthy, look here. I don't agree with everything he says, but Owen packs this slim volume with plenty of eye-opening (and sometimes mind-boggling) insights.

His discussions and comparisons and references have inspired me to go back and read Jack London's short story, "To Build A Fire," with new appreciation; then led me to Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat," then to T. R. Fehrebach's THE COMANCHES, which I might otherwise have never discovered.

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Summary: a long essay mostly on 'Blood Meridian'
Review: This book is more of a long essay (100 pages?) mostly concerning 'Blood Meridian' which I think is the least interesting of the so-called 'Western' novels. It does contain interesting material and a lot of research went into it.