The Border Trilogy
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The Border Trilogy is a series of three interrelated novels by Cormac McCarthy that follow young cowboys on the U.S.–Mexico border, exploring themes of loss, identity, and the fading American West.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Border Trilogy canonical | 3 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary trilogy
ⓘ
novel series ⓘ |
| author | Cormac McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
cross-border culture
ⓘ
displacement ⓘ masculinity ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| firstVolumePublicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| genre |
Western fiction
ⓘ
coming-of-age fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
All the Pretty Horses
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cities of the Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Billy Parham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Grady Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American frontier mythology
ⓘ
classic Western genre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | cowboy ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
human–nature relationship ⓘ identity ⓘ loss ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ the fading American West ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lyrical prose
ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ sparse punctuation ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 3 ⓘ |
| periodOfPublicationEnd | 1998 ⓘ |
| periodOfPublicationStart | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstVolume | Alfred A. Knopf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondVolumePublicationYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
American Southwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S.–Mexico border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdVolumePublicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting |
mid-20th century
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post-World War II era ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.