{"product_id":"animals-in-the-fiction-of-cormac-mccarthy-9780786423804","title":"Animals in the Fiction of Cormac McCarthy","description":"\u003cp\u003e The works of Cormac McCarthy have been critically studied as literature of the South and of the Border Southwest. Largely ignored is the omnipresence and presentation of animals in McCarthy's works. Yet the abundant representations of animals depict a part of the ceaseless battle for survival that is inherent in many of his writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e McCarthy's animals exist within the framework of a fictional natural world driven by biological determinism: Wild animals prey upon feral and domestic animals, horses exist as warriors, and the hunt is a ballet between man and hunting hound. Proximity to humans results in mistreatment and death, while distance results in survival and fitness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e McCarthy also utilizes animals as harbingers of specific events; for example, hogs are so frequently a precursor of human death that McCarthy's narrators and characters wonder whether hogs are joined to the devil for evil purposes. The first chapter here examines animal presentations in \u003ci\u003eThe Stonemason, The Gardener's Son\u003c\/i\u003e and two short stories, \"Bounty\" and \"The Dark Waters.\" The following nine chapters focus on one text, one type of animal--feline, swine, bovine, bird and bat, canine, equine, lupine, and hound--and one particular thesis. Each chapter also briefly examines the specific animal as it exists in other McCarthy works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wallis R. Sanborn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786423804","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43293820813449,"sku":"9780786423804","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6d9731cb-197b-4535-a07c-84276717fbb5.jpg?v=1737443779","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/animals-in-the-fiction-of-cormac-mccarthy-9780786423804","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}