Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction. Cormac McCarthy, Center Stage
• Chapter 1. First Forays: Early Film Interest and The Gardener’s Son
• Chapter 2. The Unproduced Screenplays: “Cities of the Plain,” “Whales and Men,” and “No Country for Old Men“
• Chapter 3. Works for Theater: The Stonemason and The Sunset Limited
• Chapter 4. Keeping the Faith: All the Pretty Horses and The Road
• Chapter 5. Tragic Success Stories: No Country for Old Men and The Sunset Limited
• Chapter 6. Great Expectations: The Counselor and Child of God
• Conclusion. Bears That Dance, Bears That Don’t: The Attempts to Adapt Blood Meridian
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

Promotional Information

"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

About the Author

STACEY PEEBLES is an associate professor of English and director of film studies at Centre College. She is vice president of the Cormac McCarthy Society, editor of the Cormac McCarthy Journal, and author of Welcome to the Suck: Narrating the American Soldier’s Experience in Iraq.

Reviews

"[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*

"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*

"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*