Does Cormac McCarthy's work align with the literary tradition of Romanticism? This series will explore Cormac McCarthy's relation to literary, religious, and other traditions. I will once and for all rank one by one all the labels scholars have put on McCarthy and see which one reigns supreme. 

Topics covered include

Gothic Fiction
Historical Romance
Emerson, Whitman, and Melville
Nature and Romance
Is Melville a Romantic?
and much more....