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From Frontier Violence to Post-Apocalyptic Ash: Ecological Violence and Environmental Ethics in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian and The Road Cover

From Frontier Violence to Post-Apocalyptic Ash: Ecological Violence and Environmental Ethics in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian and The Road

By: Ovidiu Matiu  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2025-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2067-5712 | Journal ISSN: 1583-6401
Language: English
Page range: 87 - 106
Published on: Dec 23, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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