Afleveringen
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"Allegories are in the realm of thought what ruins are in the realm of things." Walter Benjamin
“Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.” Georges Bataille
In this episode we talk about a few ideas and influences including T.S. Eliot, a little about allegory, the Baroque of Walter Benjamin, the Mexican basin, bats, climate, geography (hell) the strained relationship of Sproule and the kid, a little of the humour.
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Some cultural references in this episode:
El Topo by Jadorovsky, The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot.Versalles, Vatican City art work, Baroque. The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, The Mushroom At The End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Jim Morrison, Lovecraft, vampires, elitist portrayal of food and street markets, and the potential intelligence of the kid.
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The novel becomes quite exciting and seems to enter a different form of descriptives...why do we feel what we feel reading this chapter?
Ready. Set. Action.
Simile, allegory, pagination, tools and hints of a secret architecture.
We forgot to mention how funny the line from Hayward praying for rain was..."Lord, we are dried to jerky down here." And goddammit it rained!
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Very little has been written about the epigraphs in Blood Meridian, especially looking at all three of them together. We fix that.
Are the epigraphs misleading? Are the epigraphs another example of the art of misdirection?
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Bohme April 24, 1575-November 17, 1624 (another 117 or 1117?)
Shakespeare April 23, 1564-April 23, 1616 (like the kid born and died on same date?)
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Welcome to Chapter 3 and we are so glad you made it this far! Thank you!
This chapter offers a few moments of foreshadowing including the quote for this episode by the Mennonite...who hints at something we will hear from the judge and has become an iconic quote from this novel, "War was always here, before man was, war waited for him." Is that the wrath God has lying waiting?
We think about the humour, and developing prose, and historical aspects to this chapter.
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We are so glad you found us. Candy's husband said there are lots of podcasts on Blood Meridian and she replied yeah but any with JVH and a woman's perspective? He said you two are like Deadpool and Wolverine. Who is who?
Welcome to our discussion of Chapter Two in Blood Meridian. We would love to hear from you! Find us on social media or email us:
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Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Blood Meridian into the culture JVH and Candy introduce the two titles of the novel, some historical context and share their love of this epic novel. This is a special bonus episode to support the main body of this podcast which is going through each novel per episode. The plan is to publish a new episode on consecutive episodes every week. And of course some special bonus episodes because everyone loves some extra.
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Welcome to our podcast dedicated to the epic novel by Cormac McCarthy and his masterpiece BLOOD MERIDIAN. We are so excited to reach out to other fans of this novel and talk everything we can about it. We are planning on one chapter per episode...with some extra episodes thrown in for fun. We are dropping this first episode on Feb 8 to align with the Alpha Centaurids meteor shower.
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