TY - BOOK AU - Bloom,Harold TI - Cormac McCarthy's The road T2 - Bloom's guides SN - 9780307387899 AV - PS3563.C337 R6333 2011 U1 - PS 3563.C337 MAC 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Vintage International KW - McCarthy, Cormac, KW - Fathers and sons in literature KW - Good and evil in literature KW - Apocalypse in literature KW - Regression (Civilization) in literature KW - Survival in literature KW - Redemption in literature N1 - 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 ER -