Blood Meridian (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Cormac McCarthy
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Plot: Western
- Time of Work: The mid-1800’s
- Setting: The Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico
- Principal Characters: The kid, Captain John Joel Glanton, Judge Holden, Tobin, Angel Trias, Toadvine, David Brown, Bathcat, Grannyrat
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Crime or criminals
- Locales: Mexico
The Novel
Based on historical events and actual personages, Blood Meridian: Or, The Evening Redness in the West recounts the exploits of a brutal band of professional scalp hunters who, employed by local governments in the American Southwest and in Mexico, murder Indians for bounty. The novel emphasizes the violent manner in which “civilization” is imposed on a savage land and thus challenges accepted notions concerning Manifest Destiny and the settling of the West.
McCarthy’s protagonist is “the kid,” an unnamed boy who runs away from home in Tennessee...
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