Emotional Landscapes, or Running with Cormac McCarthy During a Pandemic

Scott Pearce

Abstract


This piece examnies how landscapes in literary texts create emotinal responses in readers. These responses become a reservoir which readers use to navigate difficutl times. The focus of the piece is on the COVID 19 pandemic and how it resonates with apocalyptic literature.

Keywords


prosthetic memory; emotionology; narrative; Cormac McCarthy.

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