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Suttree by Cormac McCarthy

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Author Biography

Name: Cormac McCarthy
Birth Date: July 20, 1933
Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: Writer

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Biography of Cormac McCarthy
3802 words, approx. 12.7 pages
Cormac McCarthy, whose early novels were often set in eastern Tennessee and whose later work focuses on the American Southwest, is frequently compared with such Southern-based writers as William Faulkner, Carson McCullers, and Flannery O'Connor. In a Dic...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Suttree Information
472 words, approx. 2 pages
<i>Suttree</i> is a semi-autobiographical novel by Cormac McCarthy, published in 1979. Set in 1951 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the novel follows Cornelius Suttree, who has repudiated his former life of privilege to become a fisherman on the Tennessee...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Review by Frank W. Shelton
4,920 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Shelton comments upon the existential themes within Suttree, and focuses on the protagonist of the same name. Shelton provides an overview of the novel, and discusses the Myth of Sisyphus, suicide, and other topics in his treatment.
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Critical Review by John Lewis Longley Jr.
4,898 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following article, Longley Jr. provides an examination of the novel Suttree, discusses McCarthy's writing style, and comments on McCarthy's place in the literary world.
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Critical Review by Jim Crace
419 words, approx. 1 pages
In the following excerpt, Crace discusses categorizing Suttree as a "tribal" work, and faults the novel for lacking an "overall social and allegorical context."
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 92%
Suttree by Cormac Mccarthy: Critical Analysis and Review
2,373 words, approx. 8 pages
Critical analysis and review of Sutree by Cormac McCarthy including major themes, significance in title, symbolism, setting, and comparison to other novels. Essay also includes an analysis of D.S. Butterworth's scholarly article Pearls as Swine: Recentering the Marginal in Cormac McCarthy's Suttree.


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Suttree by Cormac McCarthy

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