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Book SynopsisInvestigates the relationship between gnosticism, a system of thought that argues that the cosmos is evil and that the human spirit must strive for liberation from manifest existence, and the perennial philosophy, a study of the highest common factor in all esoteric religions, and how these have influenced the later novels of Cormac McCarthy.
Trade ReviewMundik's book tackles the challenging complexity and darkness of McCarthy's metaphysical vision and finds a consistency of vision throughout his novels that is both profound and--in all senses of the word--illuminating." - Lydia R. Cooper, author of
No More Heroes: Narrative Perspective and Morality in Cormac McCarthy"Petra Mundik has done readers and scholars of Cormac McCarthy's work a tremendous service by gathering together the disparate arguments about his spiritual vision and its sources and discussing them elegantly and exhaustively. This book is a stunning critical accomplishment." - Rick Wallach, editor of
Myth, Legend, Dust: Critical Responses to Cormac McCarthy
