« A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy
This article focuses on Cormac McCarthy’s religious viewpoint in The Road (2006) and highlights the biblical metaphors and images that bring about a new vision of the apocalypse. Finding God in a godless world lies at the core of McCarthy’s project. Through the motif of the ashes, this essay studies...
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| description | This article focuses on Cormac McCarthy’s religious viewpoint in The Road (2006) and highlights the biblical metaphors and images that bring about a new vision of the apocalypse. Finding God in a godless world lies at the core of McCarthy’s project. Through the motif of the ashes, this essay studies McCarthy’s theological aspiration and the emergence of a new eschatological liturgy thanks to a reinvented Holy Trinity. |
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| title | « A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy |
| title_full | « A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy |
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