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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?
Dirk They are called "synoptic chapter headings." …moreThey are called "synoptic chapter headings." (less)
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Coby dirk, how did you know this?
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Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy
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