Medievalism in Cormac McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN

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An analysis of some of the "medievalism" in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. Blood Meridian is rife with medieval imagery, language, and allusions, and I think by focusing on these parts of the text we can extrapolate some interesting ideas.

0:00 Intro
1:48 What is medievalism?
3:10 Captain White's Filibuster and the downfall of the Anglo-Saxons
10:56 Journey to the Otherworld
22:16 Medieval Towns and Medieval America; Capitalism and Feudalism
28:27 Conclusions

Selected Bibliography:

Luke William Mills, "American Faerie: Medieval Fairy Lore in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian," The Cormac McCarthy Journal 17.1 (2019): 27-42.

Rick Wallach, "From Beowulf to Blood Meridian: Cormac McCarthy's Demystification of the Martial Code," in Cormac McCarthy: New Directions, ed. James D. Lilley, 199-214. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002.

Michael Lynn Crews, Books are Made Out of Books: A Guide to Cormac McCarthy's Literary Influences. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2017.

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