Blood Meridian

E309665

Western novel historical novel novel philosophical fiction

Blood Meridian is a brutal and philosophically dense Western novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a teenage drifter known as "the Kid" amid a scalp-hunting gang in the mid-19th-century U.S.-Mexico borderlands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Blood Meridian canonical	4
Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Western novel ⓘ historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ
author	Cormac McCarthy ⓘ
basedOn	historical events ⓘ
centralTheme	evil ⓘ fate ⓘ free will ⓘ manifest destiny ⓘ the nature of war ⓘ violence ⓘ
containsViolenceLevel	extreme ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	highly acclaimed ⓘ
genre	Western ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ
hasAdaptationStatus	long-discussed film adaptation ⓘ
inspiredBy	Glanton gang ⓘ
literaryMovement	postmodern literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	the Kid ⓘ
narrativeFocus	moral ambiguity ⓘ
narrativeStyle	biblical prose ⓘ third-person ⓘ
notableCharacter	John Joel Glanton ⓘ Judge Holden ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalTitle	Blood Meridian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West
pageCountApproximate	350 ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence	Gnostic thought ⓘ existentialism ⓘ
plotElement	mercenary violence ⓘ scalp-hunting expeditions ⓘ
protagonistDescription	teenage drifter ⓘ
publicationYear	1985 ⓘ
publisher	Random House ⓘ
recognizedAs	modern American classic ⓘ one of Cormac McCarthy's major works ⓘ
settingCountry	Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
settingPeriod	mid-19th century ⓘ
settingRegion	U.S.–Mexico borderlands region ⓘ surface form: U.S.-Mexico borderlands
tone	bleak ⓘ brutal ⓘ

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Subject: Blood Meridian
Description of subject: Blood Meridian is a brutal and philosophically dense Western novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a teenage drifter known as "the Kid" amid a scalp-hunting gang in the mid-19th-century U.S.-Mexico borderlands.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cormac McCarthy → notableWork → Blood Meridian ⓘ

Blood Meridian → originalTitle → Blood Meridian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West

Suttree → precedesInAuthorCareer → Blood Meridian ⓘ

Stella Maris → relatedWork → Blood Meridian ⓘ

Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. → notableWork → Blood Meridian ⓘ

subject surface form: Cormac McCarthy