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17 - Cormac McCarthy: narratives and borders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

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Steven Frye
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Steven Frye
Steven Frye
Affiliation:
California State University, Bakersfield
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The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the American West , pp. 226 - 240
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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