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Introduction: narrative perspective and morality in McCarthy's novels
"Word and flesh": narrative and morality in the early Appalachian novels
"A dream of shriving": empathy and the aesthetics of confession in Suttree and Blood meridian
"Pledged in blood": linguistic interiority and redemption in the border trilogy
"He's a psychopathic killer but so what?": moral storytelling in No country for old men
"There is no god and we are his prophets": heroism and prophetic narrative in The road
Conclusion: finding heroism through empathy in McCarthy's novels.
"Word and flesh": narrative and morality in the early Appalachian novels
"A dream of shriving": empathy and the aesthetics of confession in Suttree and Blood meridian
"Pledged in blood": linguistic interiority and redemption in the border trilogy
"He's a psychopathic killer but so what?": moral storytelling in No country for old men
"There is no god and we are his prophets": heroism and prophetic narrative in The road
Conclusion: finding heroism through empathy in McCarthy's novels.