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Course Hero. "All the Pretty Horses Study Guide." Course Hero. 12 Dec. 2016. Web. 4 June 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/All-the-Pretty-Horses/>.
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Cormac McCarthy
1992
Novel
Adventure, Romance
The events of All the Pretty Horses are described by a third-person omniscient narrator, who alternates between extensive or sparse descriptions, abrupt movements in time, and nonspecific dialogue. There are also moments where the narrator's generally concise style is contrasted by references to the future or interjections of opinion.
All the Pretty Horses is written in the present tense.
The title All the Pretty Horses is inspired by a lullaby of unknown origin that perhaps first dates to between 1600 and 1800: "Hush-a-bye, don't you cry/Go to sleep, my little baby/When you wake, you shall have/All the pretty little horses." The themes of dreaming and childhood contrast sharply with the violence of the novel.
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