Sanctuary
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Sanctuary is a dark, controversial novel by William Faulkner that explores violence, corruption, and moral decay in the American South.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanctuary canonical | 6 |
| Sanctuary (1961 film) | 1 |
| “Sanctuary” | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
Sanctuary
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sanctuary (1961 film)
The Story of Temple Drake ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| authorComment | William Faulkner described it as a "potboiler" written for commercial success ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
depiction of crime and corruption
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graphic depictions of sexual violence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
the corruption of social institutions
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the intersection of law, crime, and morality ⓘ the vulnerability of women in a patriarchal society ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
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surface form:
Southern Gothic fiction
crime fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Requiem for a Nun ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
bootlegging
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legal trial ⓘ murder ⓘ organized crime ⓘ rape ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | example of early 20th-century American Southern Gothic literature ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Gowan Stevens
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Horace Benbow ⓘ Popeye ⓘ Temple Drake ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Yoknapatawpha saga
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surface form:
Yoknapatawpha County novels
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| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of William Faulkner’s most controversial works ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1931-02-09 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith ⓘ |
| setInFictionalPlace | Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
Mississippi ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
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justice and injustice ⓘ moral decay ⓘ sexual exploitation ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Prohibition era ⓘ |
| timeToWrite | approximately three weeks ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sanctuary (1961 film)
this entity surface form:
“Sanctuary”
subject surface form:
Bedtime Stories