Noon Wine

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Noon Wine is a novella by American author Katherine Anne Porter that explores moral ambiguity and tragedy on a Texas dairy farm in the late 19th century.

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instanceOf novella
adaptation Noon Wine (1966 television film) NERFINISHED
Noon Wine (1985 television film) NERFINISHED
adaptationDirector Michael Fields NERFINISHED
Sam Peckinpah NERFINISHED
adaptationStar Fred Astaire NERFINISHED
Jason Robards NERFINISHED
Lloyd Bridges NERFINISHED
Olivia de Havilland NERFINISHED
adaptedFor television
author Katherine Anne Porter NERFINISHED
centralTheme guilt
moral ambiguity
social judgment
tragedy
violence
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores the destructive power of suspicion
the gap between legal innocence and moral responsibility
the impact of community opinion on individual fate
firstPublicationYear 1937
firstPublishedIn The Southern Review NERFINISHED
genre Southern Gothic fiction
psychological fiction
tragedy
includedInCollection Pale Horse, Pale Rider NERFINISHED
language English
literaryDevice foreshadowing
irony
unreliable perception of events
literaryMovement modernist literature
literarySignificance considered one of Katherine Anne Porter’s major works
majorCharacter Mr. Hatch NERFINISHED
Mrs. Thompson NERFINISHED
Olaf Helton NERFINISHED
Royal Earle Thompson NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
plotElement a mysterious Swedish farmhand transforms a failing Texas dairy farm
a violent confrontation leads to a killing in apparent self-defense
the community questions the protagonist’s motives
protagonist Royal Earle Thompson NERFINISHED
publisherOfFirstBookEdition Harcourt, Brace and Company NERFINISHED
settingEnvironment dairy farm
settingLocation Texas NERFINISHED
settingTimePeriod late 19th century

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