Fulcrums and borderlands. A desert reading of Cormac McCarthy's the Road

Orbis Litterarum

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-78

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Author keywords

Blood Meridian; Cormac McCarthy; Desert; Entropy; The Road; Wasteland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149167805     PISSN: 01057510     EISSN: 16000730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0730.2009.00985.x     Document Type: Review

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