Benjamin McEvoy | How to Read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (10 Tips) @BenjaminMcEvoy | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
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0:00 introduction to Blood Meridian
3:00 why read this difficult novel?
5:30 my recommended edition
6:30 McCarthy’s prose style
7:30 polysyndeton & Biblical prose
9:20 peripheral reading assignments
10:58 reading the first page together
16:30 reading aloud slowly
17:00 the importance of perseverance
18:30 etymological excavations
20:00 lexis, language & consciousness
21:00 McCarthy & the Santa Fe Institute
22:20 the McCarthyian Metaphor
24:20 the prose-poetry of Blood Meridian
25:58 Judge Holden’s philosophy
27:00 “War is God”
30:00 the character of the Judge
32:42 Judge Holden’s war speech
35:10 how to read symbolism
37:00 poetry & dream journals
40:00 the violence of Blood Meridian
41:30 historical analogues & scalp-hunting
43:20 westward expansion
45:20 why read such a violent book?
47:30 the pace of Blood Meridian
48:50 structure & chapter synopses
49:20 McCarthy’s one-sentence
50:30 dialogue, dialect & foreign languages
51:30 Blood Meridian as postmodern novel
53:10 a guide to marginalia
55:00 rereading & recommended pacing
57:30 the benefits of group reading
59:00 let us know your thoughts