{"product_id":"a-bloody-and-barbarous-god-9780826363343","title":"A Bloody and Barbarous God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Bloody and Barbarous God\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e investigates 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 traditions have influenced the later novels of Cormac McCarthy, namely \u003cem\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAll the Pretty Horses\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCities of the Plain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNo Country for Old Men\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e. Mundik argues that McCarthy continually strives to evolve an explanatory theodicy throughout his work and that his novels are, to a lesser or greater extent, concerned with the meaning of human existence in relation to the presence of evil and the nature of the divine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Petra Mundik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of New Mexico Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826363343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePetra Mundik\u003c\/b\u003e is a research assistant at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. She has published articles, chapters, essays, and papers on Cormac McCarthy and is at work on a second book dealing with his early novels.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Petra Mundik \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48449278738589,"sku":"9780826363343","price":69.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_539a786f-093d-429d-9dbc-90a51326b7ec.jpg?v=1781631176","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-bloody-and-barbarous-god-9780826363343","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}