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The Metaphysics of Indian Hating

by Ben Posted on November 19, 2009

I’ve been thinking lately about Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. I criticized Harold Bloom a while back for underplaying the anticolonial bent of the book, and also commented on the misguided focus on the Bible and William Faulkner as primary influences on the novel. That’s … Continue reading →

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Harold Bloom on Cormac McCarthy

by Ben Posted on June 17, 2009

One of the smartest comments ever made about Cormac McCarthy, by Harold Bloom in a discussion about Blood Meridian (via Maud Newton): “He tends to carry his influences on the surface, quite honestly.” That’s about the long and the short … Continue reading →

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