Sacred Violence: A Reader's Companion to Cormac McCarthy : Selected Essays from the First McCarthy Conference, Bellarmine College, Louisville, Kentucky, October 15-17, 1993Wade Hall, Rick Wallach |
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... Alejandra with the same childish petulance when she tells him she will not marry him . But his earlier willingness to jeopardize their relationship and Alejandra's well - being by meeting her behind her father's back , by allowing her ...
... Alejandra with the same childish petulance when she tells him she will not marry him . But his earlier willingness to jeopardize their relationship and Alejandra's well - being by meeting her behind her father's back , by allowing her ...
Page 159
... Alejandra if her reputation were to be compromised . He attempts to dismiss the aspects of reality that do not match his idea of what seems right . Right ? she said . Oh . Yes . Well . She turned one hand in the air as if reminded of ...
... Alejandra if her reputation were to be compromised . He attempts to dismiss the aspects of reality that do not match his idea of what seems right . Right ? she said . Oh . Yes . Well . She turned one hand in the air as if reminded of ...
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... Alejandra's dueña , Alfonsa , the unjust captain at La Encantada , Pérez in the prison at Saltillo , Alejandra both when she accepts him as her lover and when she refuses to marry him , and the Texas judge who awards him Blevins ' horse ...
... Alejandra's dueña , Alfonsa , the unjust captain at La Encantada , Pérez in the prison at Saltillo , Alejandra both when she accepts him as her lover and when she refuses to marry him , and the Texas judge who awards him Blevins ' horse ...
Contents
The Mosaic of McCarthys Fiction | 17 |
The Human Comedy | 49 |
and the Text of Jouissance Nell Sullivan | 115 |
Copyright | |
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