Cormac McCarthy: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Books on McCarthy and his works include Harold Bloom (ed.), Cormac McCarthy (2002); James D. Lilley (ed.), Cormac McCarthy: New Directions (2002); and Barcley Owens, Cormac McCarthy’s Western Novels (2000).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Jul 16, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: BBC - A Good Read - Cormac McCarthy, The Writers, Derek Owusu. | May 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC News - Reclusive McCarthy opens up on Oprah. | Feb 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Association of Scholars - Cormac McCarthy: Conservative Novelist. | Dec 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cambridge University Press - Cambridge Core - Cormac McCarthys Racial Fictions: Race in Blood Meridians Colonial Imagination (PDF). | Oct 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS News - The legacy of Pulitzer-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy. | Sep 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBC - After 16 years, Pulitzer winner Cormac McCarthy returns with two new novels but should you read them? | Jun 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - A Good Read - Cormac McCarthy, The Writers, Derek Owusu. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Dec 05, 2024 | ||
| Updated to mention controversy surrounding his relationship with Augusta Britt. | Dec 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Cormac McCarthy�s Remarkable Career Could Never Be Reproduced Today. | Aug 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of The Cormac McCarthy Society. | May 31, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas State University Libraries - The Wittliff Collections - Cormac McCarthy. | Mar 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Cormac McCarthy. | Jan 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Cormac Mccarthy. | Sep 08, 2023 | ||
| Updated for his death. | Jun 13, 2023 | ||
| Noted that Stella Maris was published. | Dec 09, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 27, 2022 | ||
| Added the book The Passenger. | Oct 25, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Cormac McCarthy Society. | May 14, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 25, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of Cormac McCarthy. | Mar 04, 2016 | ||
| Noted film version of Child of God. | Nov 01, 2013 | ||
| Added his screenplay for The Counselor (2013). | Oct 25, 2013 | ||
| Noted that The Sunset Limited was adapted as a television movie. | Feb 18, 2011 | ||
| Expanded description of Blood Meridian, added dates for the film versions of No Country for Old Men and The Road, and added mention of McCarthy's plays. | Nov 03, 2009 | ||
| New bibliography added. | May 04, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 04, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | May 10, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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