Red Dead Redemption 2 is a sprawling, unwieldy text. Much of the literature it uses as inspiration is complex. For those reasons, making additions or changes to the essays and lists on Read Dead may sometimes be necessary. Those changes will be listed here for anyone using this site as a reference.
Additions
- 13 Dec. 2024: Added to a footnote to “It’s Just a Girl”: Gender, Misogyny, and Homophobia in RDR2 Part I: Permeability regarding Nicholas Timmins and Newton Arvin.
- 31 Jan. 2025: Added information to Pleasance and Eden: More Allusions to Paradise Lost in RDR2 regarding Hani’s Bethel and Vetter’s Echo, as well as another parallel between Dutch Van der Linde and George Gordon, Lord Byron.
- 23 July 2025: Major updates to Philosopher, Outlaw, Poet, Robber: The History that Wrote RDR2.
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