"Some Scurrilous King: Judge Holden and the Spectre of Shakespeare's Monarchs in Blood Meridian"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbl2592/
Author:
	Hatfull, Ronan.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2017
Publication Information:
	Postgraduate English: A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English 35, no. 1 (2017): 2–27. (https://postgradenglishjournal.awh.durham.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/pgenglish/article/view/205)
Annotation:
	Detects allusions to 1 Henry IV and 2 Henry IV in Cormac McCarthy’s 1985 novel Blood Meridian, drawing parallels between relationship between Falstaff and Prince Hal and relationship between novel’s antagonist Judge Holden and its protagonist, the kid. Analyzes “allusions, references and evocations” to Henry V and King Lear throughout novel. English summary, online.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	McCarthy, Cormac
Tags:
	1 & 2 Henry IV, Henry V, King Lear, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare as Influence
WSB Update:
	Spring 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbl2592