SOURCE: Donoghue, Denis. “Reading Blood Meridian.” Sewanee Review 105, no. 3 (summer 1997): 401-18.
In the following essay, Donoghue presents several possible readings of Blood Meridian as he outlines several key themes, among them McCarthy's muted narrative response to endless violence and the relationship between Judge Holden and “the kid.”
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