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.

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Sanctuary canonical 6
Sanctuary (1961 film) 1
“Sanctuary” 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
adaptationType feature film
adaptedInto Sanctuary self-linksurface differs
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
graphic depictions of sexual violence
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores the corruption of social institutions
the intersection of law, crime, and morality
the vulnerability of women in a patriarchal society
genre Southern Gothic
surface form: Southern Gothic fiction

crime fiction
psychological fiction
hasSequel Requiem for a Nun
hasSubject bootlegging
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
Horace Benbow
Popeye
Temple Drake
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Yoknapatawpha saga
surface form: Yoknapatawpha County novels
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
surface form: American South

Mississippi
theme corruption
justice and injustice
moral decay
sexual exploitation
social hypocrisy
violence
timePeriodOfSetting Prohibition era
timeToWrite approximately three weeks

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William Faulkner notableWork Sanctuary
As I Lay Dying followedBy Sanctuary
Sanctuary adaptedInto Sanctuary self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sanctuary (1961 film)
Freedom – No Compromise hasPart Sanctuary
this entity surface form: “Sanctuary”
Bedtime Stories (album) hasPart Sanctuary
subject surface form: Bedtime Stories
Yoknapatawpha saga hasPart Sanctuary