The first hard-copy issue of The Cormac McCarthy Journal appeared in the spring of 2001, after having existed online since 1998. Edited by John Wegner, the journal included several articles on The Crossing, Marty Priola's review of the film adaptation of All the Pretty Horses, and Jay Ellis' short but illuminating note on “The Rape of Rawlins.” It also included remarks from Dianne Luce, then the President of The Cormac McCarthy Society, “The State of Cormac McCarthy Scholarship.” Luce noted, as many have, that 1992 was a watershed year, marking the publication of All the Pretty Horses and McCarthy's new status as a popular and widely acclaimed author, and she reviewed the many scholarly approaches that were then yet to be undertaken in the rapidly growing field of McCarthy studies.
Some of Luce's comments remind us of the how much has changed in the intervening years. Because no...
