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The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy.
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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 Faulk...
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In the following review, Dirda comments on the broad scope of The Crossing, lauding the craftsmanship of McCarthy's writing but faulting the "heavy-handed" and "grandiloque...
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In the following review, Eder discusses The Crossing, lauding the descriptive passages but faulting both the portrayal of Mexico and the use of the Spanish language in the novel.
In the second part of...
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In the following review, Hass praises The Crossing as an "American original." This in-depth discussion of the novel focuses on description and craftsmanship, and Hass briefly examines Mc...
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In the following review, Jones lauds McCarthy as a "master prose stylist," and calls The Crossing "emotionally satisfying." A portion of the review is spent discussing McCa...
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In the following negative review, Kakutani discusses the influence of Faulkner on McCarthy's writing and compares The Crossing to Faulkner's story, The Bear. Faulting The Crossing'...
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In the following favorable review, Allen praises the descriptive prose in The Crossing, and the "vividly rendered conflict" of The Stonemason. Comparing McCarthy to Melville and Faulkner...
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In the following review, Carr focuses on the deeper meanings within the bleak and desolate settings and occurrences in The Crossing. Acknowledging that there is purpose to the bloodshed and evil in Mc...
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In the following review, Birkerts notes similarities between The Crossing and All the Pretty Horses, and comments on the differences between these two works and previous novels.
The myth of Cormac McC...
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In the following review, Richey comments on McCarthy's obsession with violence and evil in The Crossing, and lauds the author's great descriptive abilities.
The Crossing is the second no...
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With powerful diction, Cormac McCarthy describes a dramatic scene in the novel The Crossing. Emotions are expressed through actions rather than adjectives and dramatization is expressed through the t...
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Teaching The Crossing
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The Crossing Lesson Plans contain 135 pages of teaching material, including:
Cormac McCarthy
Critical Review by Michael Dirda
Syntax and Diction of The Crossing.
