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iv |  Copyright ©  by Sara L. Spurgeon Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z.-. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. A portion of chapter  was previously published as “The Sacred Hunter and the Eucharist of the Wilderness: Mythic Reconstructions in Blood Meridian,” in Cormac McCarthy: New Visions, ed. James Lilly (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, ), pp. –. Reprinted by permission . A portion of chapter  was previously published as“‘Pledged in Blood’:Truth and Redemption in Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses,”WesternAmerican Literature ,no. (): – and was reprinted in Bloom’s Modern Critical Views: Cormac McCarthy, ed. Harold Bloom (New York: Chelsea House Publishers,),pp.– and in Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses: Bloom’s Guides, ed. Harold Bloom (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, ). Spurgeon, Sara L. Exploding the Western : myths of empire on the postmodern frontier / Sara L. Spurgeon.—st ed. p.cm.—(TarletonStateUniversitysouthwestern studies in the humanities; no. ) Includes bibliographical references and index.  --- (cloth :alk.paper)—  --- (pbk.: alk. paper) . American literature—West (U.S.)— History and criticism. . American literature —Southwestern States—History and criticism. . American literature—th century—History and criticism. . Southwestern States—Intellectual life—th century . . West (U.S.)—Intellectual life— th century. . Western stories—History and criticism. . Postmodernism (Literature )—West (U.S.) .Frontier and pioneer life in literature. . Southwestern States— In literature. .West (U.S.)—In literature. . Imperialism in literature. I. Title. II. Series. .  .'—dc  ...

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