The Unvanquished
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The Unvanquished is a novel by William Faulkner that follows a Southern family's experiences during and after the American Civil War, exploring themes of honor, change, and the legacy of the Old South.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Unvanquished canonical | 9 |
| Compson family saga | 2 |
| The Unvanquished (1938, in composite form) | 1 |
| “The Unvanquished” | 1 |
| “The Unvanquished” (short story, later expanded) | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | inspired stage and radio adaptations ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| awardStatus | considered a major work of William Faulkner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fictionalSetting | Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialized stories in magazines ⓘ |
| form | linked short stories ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
“Ambuscade”
ⓘ
“An Odor of Verbena” ⓘ “Raid” ⓘ Retreat ⓘ
surface form:
“Retreat”
“Riposte in Tertio” ⓘ Skirmishes of an Untimely Man ⓘ
surface form:
“Skirmish at Sartoris”
Vendee ⓘ
surface form:
“Vendee”
|
| hasSubject |
American Civil War in literature
ⓘ
Southern United States in fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bayard Sartoris
ⓘ
Bayard Sartoris ⓘ
surface form:
Colonel John Sartoris
Drusilla ⓘ Ringo ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Bayard Sartoris ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 300 ⓘ |
| partOf | William Faulkner bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| series | Yoknapatawpha County stories ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ |
| setInRegion |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
|
| structure | seven stories ⓘ |
| theme |
change
ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ honor ⓘ legacy of the Old South ⓘ race relations ⓘ violence and revenge ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfNarrative | from Civil War years into Reconstruction ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jason Compson III
this entity surface form:
Compson family saga
this entity surface form:
“The Unvanquished” (short story, later expanded)
this entity surface form:
The Unvanquished (1938, in composite form)
subject surface form:
Caddy Compson
this entity surface form:
Compson family saga