For our second series, we are analyzing Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece Blood Meridian. Taking place after the Mexican-American War, Blood Meridian paints a fallen and hopeless world caught up in a never ending cycle of bloodshed and violence. For part 2, we are taking a look at the literary precedence and influences within the structure and characters of the novel.
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