The Tennis Shoe Army and Leviathan: Relics and Specters of Big Government in The Road

Differently than many other post-apocalyptic stories, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road offers scant evidence of either the influence of political events or ideas or of an authorial ambition to construct a vision of political order. To the extent that parallels can be drawn between the novel’s presentation...

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Published in:European Journal of American Studies
Main Author: Robert Pirro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2017-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/12285