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Informationen zum Autor By John Sepich Klappentext Now back in print with a new preface and two new essays-the essential guide and companion to Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed novel of the Old West that has been compared to the work of Dante, Homer, Melville, and Faulkner. Zusammenfassung Now back in print with a new preface and two new essays--the essential guide and companion to Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed novel of the Old West that has been compared to the work of Dante, Homer, Melville, and Faulkner. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Edwin T. ArnoldPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introductions The Problem of InformationThree SectionsScalp Hunting and the Glanton GangIndian Haters2. Biographies Reverend GreenJudge HoldenCaptain WhiteJohn Joel GlantonAlbert SpeyerConsul Bennett RiddellsGovernor Angel TriasGrannyratBathcatMangas ColoradoSarah BorginnisYuma ChiefsCallaghan3. Settings and Sources LeonidsComanche AttackCibolerosHueco TanksJesús MaríaWild BullMeteoriteJune 11, 1850Fort GriffinChamberlainRuxtonHobbsAudubonBartlettWislizenusHughesMayne ReidDobieOberBourke4. Addenda Languages: Spanish, French, GermanMap CitationsEssays 5. Tarot and Divination6. Judge Holden's Gunpowder7. Knitting the Winds8. Why Believe the Judge?9. Concordances Narrative VoiceWolvesApesSmiles and LaughterEgg and DomeFools and CraziesHallucinatory VoidCelestialMarineCarnivalReligiousRitual, Music, and DanceChance, Fortune, and Deception"Knitting the Winds" Concordances: Reins, Strap, String, Thread"As if . . . in a dream"The Kid HelpsLook . . . Look AwayHorses Shy, Horses SteadyAgency, Commitment, Witness10. Massacre Accounts New York Daily TribuneWilliam Carr's Los Angeles DepositionDaily Alta CaliforniaBibliographyIndex
