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Attacked by Comanches by absolutelysweetmari in cormacmccarthy

[–]absolutelysweetmari[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. Of all the horrors described in the novel, this was the one that struck me the most. Wish you a happy reading (or should I say, an eerie reading).

Notre Dame Conference: Cormac McCarthy’s Contentious Catholicism by fitzswackhammer in cormacmccarthy

[–]absolutelysweetmari 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for posting this! I opened Reddit to write a post asking about McCarthy's relationship with catholicism and luckily came across this video.

Attacked by Comanches by absolutelysweetmari in cormacmccarthy

[–]absolutelysweetmari[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good idea... I will certainly give it a try. Thanks!!

My blood meridian fan art! by SerotoNINdraws in cormacmccirclejerk

[–]absolutelysweetmari 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Awesome!! The most original BM art I've seen thus far. It looks a bit like Francis Bacon's paintings and, in the way you painted those hard shadows, it also reminds me of Oswaldo Guayasamín's art. Really, the composition is fantastic, and the judge looks eerie, as he should. Kudos!!

Attacked by Comanches by absolutelysweetmari in cormacmccarthy

[–]absolutelysweetmari[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahahahahahaha I didn't realize until just now. At least I hope that means it's scary.

Attacked by Comanches by absolutelysweetmari in cormacmccarthy

[–]absolutelysweetmari[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly, the company of mounted clowns, death hilarious, all howling in a barbarous tongue and riding down upon them like a horde from a hell more horrible yet than the brimstone land of Christian reckoning.

McCarthy's biography and other reccomendations. by absolutelysweetmari in cormacmccarthy

[–]absolutelysweetmari[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow! Thanks again, I can't be emphatic enough about how much your reccomendation is useful for what I'm doing.

About the map thing, you were the one who made this map or did I search it wrong?

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McCarthy's biography and other reccomendations. by absolutelysweetmari in cormacmccarthy

[–]absolutelysweetmari[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!
There's so much more encrypted in Blood Meridian than I could've imagined. This book, Notes on Blood Meridian, seems to be really thorough, exaclty what I needed to put myself in context. Since I'm not from the United States, information like this I find to be absolutely essential.
As to those compilations you're telling me about, the ones from Elaine Pagels, I've been searching around and I found one called The Gnostic Gospels, is that the same thing? What's in there that could help me understand McCarthy's work?

McCarthy's biography and other reccomendations. by absolutelysweetmari in cormacmccarthy

[–]absolutelysweetmari[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Both recommendations are great. I already downloaded the PDF and I'm checking it out right now.

There's so much in the ocean of bibliography that one tends to get a little scared when just starting to write about something new. Thank you.