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Cormac McCarthy and Performance: Page, Stage, Screen Paperback – June 6, 2017

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Cormac McCarthy is renowned as the author of popular and acclaimed novels such as Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, and The Road. Throughout his career, however, McCarthy has also invested deeply in writing for film and theater, an engagement with other forms of storytelling that is often overlooked. He is the author of five screenplays and two plays, and he has been significantly involved with three of the seven film adaptations of his work. In this book, Stacey Peebles offers the first extensive overview of this relatively unknown aspect of McCarthy’s writing life, including the ways in which other artists have interpreted his work for the stage and screen.

Drawing on many primary sources in McCarthy’s recently opened archive, as well as interviews, Peebles covers the 1977 televised film The Gardener’s Son; McCarthy’s unpublished screenplays from the 1980s that became the foundation for his Border Trilogy novels and No Country for Old Men; various successful and unsuccessful productions of his two plays; and all seven film adaptations of his work, including John Hillcoat’s The Road (2009) and the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men (2007). Emerging from this narrative is the central importance of tragedy—the rich and varied portrayals of violence and suffering and the human responses to them—in all of McCarthy’s work, but especially his writing for theater and film.

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    June 6, 2017
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  6. ISBN-10
    1477312315
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1477312315
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"[A]n extensive guide...Peebles makes a convincing case that many of the failures in adaptation derive from a failure to express fully the tragic nature of McCarthy's vision." ― Times Literary Supplement Published On: 2018-03-23

"Peebles effectively justifies the inclusion of...screenplays, scripts, and adaptations among McCarthy's recognized body of work. This book would enrich scholarship on McCarthy's novels, adaptation studies, and tragedy in the Western and Southern Gothic traditions." ― Adaptation Published On: 2018-04-27

"Cormac McCarthy and Performance is an invaluable contribution to the fields of Western American literature and film studies, but it will also appeal to afficionados seeking insight into the artist himself." ― Western American Literature Published On: 2019-01-01

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"This book has been eagerly anticipated by those who work within the field of McCarthy studies. It is the first and only inclusive study of McCarthy’s work in performance, from draft stages to production. It is groundbreaking and will be an essential and foundational text in the study of McCarthy’s dramatic works and his writing career as a whole." ― Dianne C. Luce, Emerita, Midlands Technical College, author of Reading the World: Cormac McCarthy’s Tennessee Period and coeditor of A Cormac McCarthy Companion: The Border Trilogy and Perspectives on Cormac McCarthy Published On: 2017-06-06

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Texas Press (June 6, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1477312315
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1477312315
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
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Peter Josyph
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Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2022
This is the first full consideration of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's plays, screenplays, and cinema adaptations. It includes cogent and jargon-free analyses of his first original screenplay, THE GARDENER'S SON, which was filmed by Richard Pearce, as well as his most recent, THE COUNSELOR, directed by Ridley Scott. Included too are McCarthy's two plays, THE STONEMASON, and THE SUNSET LIMITED, which was also turned into a film directed by Tommy Lee Jones. Adaptations of four of his best novels receive extensive consideration: Billy Bob Thornton's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES; the Coen Brothers' NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN; James Franco's CHILD OF GOD; and John Hillcoat's THE ROAD. There is even a chapter devoted to the many failed attempts to adapt one of his masterworks, the violent and challenging BLOOD MERIDIAN OR THE EVENING REDNESS IN THE WEST, which has alluded Ridley Scott, Tommy Lee Jones, and James Franco among others who have thought professionally about transferring this difficult novel to the screen. Eschewing snap judgments, Peebles takes her time giving each title a fair and reasoned treatment, with ample quotations from other McCarthy scholars and critics whose opinions add to the diversity and complexity of each analysis. Highly recommended for every private and professional enthusiast of McCarthy's work, and for local as well as university libraries, for McCarthy's work is here to stay and this invaluable contribution to the existing literature is an indispensable aid to appreciating McCarthy and performance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well Researched and well written
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2018
If you don't read this book, you are seriously missing out on an excellent treatise of Cormac McCarthy's novels, screenplays, and films.

This book was very well researched, and very well written. Peebles goes into serious depth about McCarthy's stories in their various entertainment media from novels to films. She reveals facts about certain films and what happened behind the scenes that either helped or hindered their ultimate release and reaction by both critics and audiences.

Peebles also delves into McCarthy's theater career as a writer, discussing his successes and failures. Additionally, television shows based on his work is examined (e.g. The Gardener's Son), and his unpublished screenplays from the 80s that ultimately became his successful Border Trilogy in book format, and the screenplay to novel and back to screenplay, No Country for Old Men.

If you are a Cormac McCarthy fan, regardless of which media (or perhaps all of them), then you owe it to yourself to read this work. I have been a fan of his work for a little over two decades, and I still learned a tremendous amount about the man and his work in Stacey Peebles book.
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