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On Teaching Blood Meridian
Twenty Years of Teaching McCarthy's Masterpiece
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The Map of Blood Meridian
The Kid's Journey
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Annotations to Blood Meridian: Chapter V
[58] “Bolson de Mapimi”—from Wikipedia: “an internal drainage, basin in which no rivers or streams drain to the sea, but rather toward the center of the…
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Annotations to Blood Meridian: Chapter IV
[44] “filibusters”—in this context, a mercenary adventurer, generally paid in spoils of war. [44] “manada”—a herd of cattle or horses. [44…
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Annotations to Blood Meridian: Chapter III
[31] “the war’s over”—the Mexican-American War (1846-48) which ended the year before this scene between the Sergeant and the Kid. This conflict between…
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Annotations to Blood Meridian: Chapter II
[16] “sacristy”—a room containing liturgical garments and sacred implements where a priest prepares for mass. [16] “swale”—a low place in terrain…
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Annotations to Blood Meridian: Chapter I
Page numbers are [bracketed] and correspond to the 25th Anniversary Edition of Blood Meridian, published in 2010 by Vintage. [3] “See the child.”—The…
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Episode XIII: The Judge Told Them A Story
Blood Meridian and Narrative Theory
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THE NIGHT DOES NOT END
THE NIGHT DOES NOT END
Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian

THE NIGHT DOES NOT END

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