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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2017-09-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/8386