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University of New Orleans
Hell On Earth: A Modern Day Inferno in Cormac McCarthy's The Road
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Dante's the Inferno contain textual and thematic comparisons. While the Inferno creates a world that exhibits the worst fears of the medieval Catholic subconscious of Dante's time, The Road paints a world of the darkest fears of the current American subconscious. Both texts reflect a critical dystopia that speculates on human spirituality and offers a critique of society through a tour of sin and suffering in a desolate setting.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.A.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- English
- Year
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Lane, Emily
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Steeby, Elizabeth
- Lackey, Kris
- Marti, Kevin
Subjects
dc:subject × 12Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1127
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-2108