
Notes on Blood Meridian
Revised and Expanded Edition
John Sepich(Author)
University of Texas Press
Published on 1. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-292-71821-0 (ISBN)
Description
Blood Meridian (1985), Cormac McCarthy's epic tale of an otherwise nameless "kid" who in his teens joins a gang of licensed scalp hunters whose marauding adventures take place across Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona, and California during 1849 and 1850, is widely considered to be one of the finest novels of the Old West, as well as McCarthy's greatest work. The New York Times Book Review ranked it third in a 2006 survey of the "best work of American fiction published in the last twenty-five years," and in 2005 Time chose it as one of the 100 best novels published since 1923. Yet Blood Meridian's complexity, as well as its sheer bloodiness, makes it difficult for some readers. To guide all its readers and help them appreciate the novel's wealth of historically verifiable characters, places, and events, John Sepich compiled what has become the classic reference work, Notes on BLOOD MERIDIAN. Tracing many of the nineteenth-century primary sources that McCarthy used, Notes uncovers the historical roots of Blood Meridian. Originally published in 1993, Notes remained in print for only a few years and has become highly sought-after in the rare book market, with used copies selling for hundreds of dollars. In bringing the book back into print to make it more widely available, Sepich has revised and expanded Notes with a new preface and two new essays that explore key themes and issues in the work. This amplified edition of Notes on BLOOD MERIDIAN is the essential guide for all who seek a fuller understanding and appreciation of McCarthy's finest work.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Austin, TX
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-292-71821-0 (9780292718210)
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Persons
John Sepich is an artist living a few miles west of road signs in rural central Illinois, doing different things to make ends meet.
Content
Foreword by Edwin T. Arnold
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introductions
The Problem of Information
Three Sections
Scalp Hunting and the Glanton Gang
Indian Haters
2. Biographies
Reverend Green
Judge Holden
Captain White
John Joel Glanton
Albert Speyer
Consul Bennett Riddells
Governor Angel Trias
Grannyrat
Bathcat
Mangas Colorado
Sarah Borginnis
Yuma Chiefs
Callaghan
3. Settings and Sources
Leonids
Comanche Attack
Ciboleros
Hueco Tanks
JesUs MarIa
Wild Bull
Meteorite
June 11, 1850
Fort Griffin
Chamberlain
Ruxton
Hobbs
Audubon
Bartlett
Wislizenus
Hughes
Mayne Reid
Dobie
Ober
Bourke
4. Addenda
Languages: Spanish, French, German
Map Citations
Essays
5. Tarot and Divination
6. Judge Holden's Gunpowder
7. Knitting the Winds
8. Why Believe the Judge?
9. Concordances
Narrative Voice
Wolves
Apes
Smiles and Laughter
Egg and Dome
Fools and Crazies
Hallucinatory Void
Celestial
Marine
Carnival
Religious
Ritual, Music, and Dance
Chance, Fortune, and Deception
"Knitting the Winds" Concordances: Reins, Strap, String, Thread
"As if . . . in a dream"
The Kid Helps
Look . . . Look Away
Horses Shy, Horses Steady
Agency, Commitment, Witness
10. Massacre Accounts
New York Daily Tribune
William Carr's Los Angeles Deposition
Daily Alta California
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introductions
The Problem of Information
Three Sections
Scalp Hunting and the Glanton Gang
Indian Haters
2. Biographies
Reverend Green
Judge Holden
Captain White
John Joel Glanton
Albert Speyer
Consul Bennett Riddells
Governor Angel Trias
Grannyrat
Bathcat
Mangas Colorado
Sarah Borginnis
Yuma Chiefs
Callaghan
3. Settings and Sources
Leonids
Comanche Attack
Ciboleros
Hueco Tanks
JesUs MarIa
Wild Bull
Meteorite
June 11, 1850
Fort Griffin
Chamberlain
Ruxton
Hobbs
Audubon
Bartlett
Wislizenus
Hughes
Mayne Reid
Dobie
Ober
Bourke
4. Addenda
Languages: Spanish, French, German
Map Citations
Essays
5. Tarot and Divination
6. Judge Holden's Gunpowder
7. Knitting the Winds
8. Why Believe the Judge?
9. Concordances
Narrative Voice
Wolves
Apes
Smiles and Laughter
Egg and Dome
Fools and Crazies
Hallucinatory Void
Celestial
Marine
Carnival
Religious
Ritual, Music, and Dance
Chance, Fortune, and Deception
"Knitting the Winds" Concordances: Reins, Strap, String, Thread
"As if . . . in a dream"
The Kid Helps
Look . . . Look Away
Horses Shy, Horses Steady
Agency, Commitment, Witness
10. Massacre Accounts
New York Daily Tribune
William Carr's Los Angeles Deposition
Daily Alta California
Bibliography
Index