Blood Meridian

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Cormac McCarthy, 2011

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Maria del Pilar Blanco
María del Pilar Blanco is completing her doctorate on American literature and film in the Department of Comparative Literature at New York University.
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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: Academia - Cormac McCarthys Blood Meridian: A (PDF).	Yamini Chauhan	Jan 07, 2025
	Replaced media.	René Ostberg	Dec 03, 2024
	Revised for style and to note some critical views of the book.	René Ostberg	Dec 03, 2024
	Add new Web site: CORE - Another Kind of Clay: A Reading of Blood Meridian.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 16, 2024
	New article added.	Gregory Lewis McNamee	Nov 01, 2023