Light in August

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literary work novel

Light in August is a 1932 novel by William Faulkner that interweaves the lives of several characters in the American South to explore themes of identity, race, and moral decay.

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Label Occurrences
Light in August canonical 12
Light in August (1976 film) 1
Light in August – religion 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationType television film ⓘ
author William Faulkner ⓘ
character Byron Bunch ⓘ
Joanna Burden ⓘ
Lucas Burch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
exploresTheme alienation ⓘ
gender ⓘ
identity ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
race ⓘ
racism ⓘ
religion ⓘ
violence ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Light in August self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Light in August (1976 film)
hasISBN 978-0-679-73225-9 ⓘ
hasMotif light and darkness ⓘ
lynching ⓘ
outsider figure ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
includedInList Modern Library 100 Best Novels (reader's list) ⓘ
surface form: Modern Library 100 best novels
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literarySignificance key text in Southern Gothic tradition ⓘ
major work of William Faulkner ⓘ
mainCharacter Gail Hightower ⓘ
Joe Christmas ⓘ
Lena Grove ⓘ
narrativePerspective shifting third-person viewpoints ⓘ
narrativeStructure multiple interwoven storylines ⓘ
narrativeTechnique stream of consciousness ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount approximately 500 ⓘ
partOfSeries Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
surface form: Yoknapatawpha County novels
publicationDate 1932 ⓘ
publisher Smith & Haas ⓘ
setInFictionalPlace Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
setInRegion Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
timeSpanOfAction several weeks in late summer ⓘ
titleAlludesTo quality of August light in the American South ⓘ

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William Faulkner → notableWork → Light in August ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County → appearsInWork → Light in August ⓘ
Jefferson, Mississippi → appearsIn → Light in August ⓘ
Light in August → hasAdaptation → Light in August self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Light in August (1976 film)
The Portable Faulkner → includesWork → Light in August ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha saga → hasPart → Light in August ⓘ
Jefferson → appearsIn → Light in August ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Light in August”
Flags in the Dust → sharesSettingWith → Light in August ⓘ
Sartoris family → appearsIn → Light in August ⓘ
Yocona River (Yoknapatawpha River in fiction) → usedAsSettingIn → Light in August ⓘ
subject surface form: Yocona River
Yocona River (Yoknapatawpha River in fiction) → appearsIn → Light in August ⓘ
subject surface form: Yoknapatawpha River
Joe Christmas → appearsInWork → Light in August ⓘ
Joe Christmas → centralToThemeOf → Light in August ⓘ
this entity surface form: Light in August – religion
Lena Grove → appearsIn → Light in August ⓘ
Lena Grove → fictionalUniverse → Light in August ⓘ