Harold Bloom on Judge Holden

🚀Join my Cormac McCarthy Course (20+ hours) and McCarthy book club (we read one book per month) here. You also gain access to other book clubs and my literature/writing courses. https://writeconscious.substack.com/ 📖Explore over 200 of McCarthy’s favorite books in this free guide Access here: https://writeconscious.kit.com/e20249... 📕My Best Books of All-Time List: https://writeconscious.ck.page/355619... 🤔My Favorite Cormac McCarthy Novel: https://amzn.to/3TVdzCQ What did Harold Bloom think of Blood Meridian's Judge Holden? Well, today, we will read a long quote from Bloom on why Judge Holden embodies American violence, how Judge Holden is personified in right-wing politics in the modern world, the Judge's supernatural strength, the Judge's need to be a father, and his need to symbolize the world. I will then expand on Bloom's ideas and show where he is wrong or outdated!