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A Goodreads user asked this question about Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West:
Is there a name for the chapter summaries that occur at the beginning of the chapters in this book? Is this an old convention that the author was using to some formalistic effect? Or why else did the author choose to include these in the novel?
Madison Santos I think it has to do with "The Arguments" that begin every Book of Paradise Lost, which if I remember correctly, Milton's editor asked him to include …moreI think it has to do with "The Arguments" that begin every Book of Paradise Lost, which if I remember correctly, Milton's editor asked him to include to make sure everyone understood what happened in the narrative of each Book. Blood Meridian is filled with thematic parallels and scene recreations of Paradise Lost. Could be some other formality I don't know about either, I think I've seen it in a few long poems and definitely in the newspaper briefings that start every chapter of The Lime Twig. (less)
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