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Contact: Mary Pom Claiborne Posted on 3-31-2010

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Author to discuss Cormac McCarthy's work at ET History Center on April 7

Christopher Walsh will offer insights into McCarthy’s Southern works

 

(Knoxville, TN) Knox County Public Library is pleased to present Christopher Walsh, author of In the Wake of the Sun: Navigating the Southern Works of Cormac McCarthy, who will discuss his new book on Wednesday, April 7 at 7:00 pm in the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. McCarthy scholar and University of Tennessee Professor Emeritus, Wesley G. Morgan, will introduce Dr. Walsh.

In the Wake of the Sun introduces readers, scholars, and students to the pertinent themes in McCarthy’s writing while also walking them through the most significant critical dialogues surrounding the texts, as well as appropriate cultural and historical contexts. Each chapter will offer close readings of McCarthy’s primary Southern texts including his two early short stories, the novels (The Orchard Keeper, Outer Dark, Child of God, Suttree, and his 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Road), the screenplay The Gardener’s Son and his play The Stonemason.

Walsh obtained a PhD in American Studies from the University of Wales Swansea in 2004. He discussed McCarthy’s Southern works in his thesis and has published extensively on McCarthy. He has presented his research at conferences in the United States and Europe and has hosted a 2007 Knoxville conference on McCarthy's writings. Walsh taught at Hull University and the University of Tennessee. He currently works in academic administration and lives in East London with his wife Nikki.

In the Wake of the Sunhas just been released online by the University of Tennessee Libraries Newfound Press (www.newfoundpress.utk.edu/pubs/walsh). Print copies will be available for $25.

Newfound Press is an open access publisher that collaborates with authors and researchers to experiment with open systems of scholarly communication. The press demonstrates the potential for making scholarly and specialized works available worldwide at a reasonable cost, drawing on resources the University of Tennessee has invested in digital library development.

For more information, please contact Nelda Hill at 215-8729.