“There is no God and we are his prophets”: The Visionary Potential of Memory and Nostalgia in Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men and The Road
Memory and nostalgia work in complex, paradoxical ways in Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men and The Road, both haunting the main protagonists, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell and the father, as well as bringing them to crucial realizations. These men give up the traditional hero role for the more me...
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BYU ScholarsArchive
2016
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| Online Access: | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5803 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6802&context=etd |