Cormac McCarthy's The road edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views: Todd Shy on The road, The book of Job, and questions about evil -- Thomas A. Carlson on McCarthy's existential themes -- Carl James Grindley on the novel's setting -- Alex Hunt and Martin M. Jacobsen on the image of the sun -- Barbara Bennett on the image of fire and references to Yeats's poetry -- Shelly Rambo on the theme of redemption -- Ashley Kunsa on style in The road -- Thomas H. Schaub on allusion, style, and the theme of storytelling -- John Jurgensen on the backstory to The road -- Rune Graulund on the desert setting -- Works by Cormac McCarthy -- Annotated bibliography -- Contributors.