The Barcode Monster Supermarkets, Supermarket Data, and Surveillance in Cormac McCarthy's The Road

This essay focuses on the dream that begins Cormac McCarthy's The Road, an opening sequence which previous readings have tended to overlook. I argue that the monster in this dream is an odd assemblage: a cave-dwelling predator somehow compiled from elements redolent of the blasted commercial la...

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Main Author: Warnes, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Graz 2023-03-01
Series:AmLit
Online Access:https://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubg:4-42017
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