Flags in the Dust

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novel

Flags in the Dust is a novel by William Faulkner that explores the lives and decline of Southern aristocratic families in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

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Flags in the Dust canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
author William Faulkner ⓘ
chronologyInAuthorOeuvre early Faulkner novel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsPeriod post–World War I American South ⓘ
exploresClass Southern aristocratic families ⓘ
exploresConflict tradition versus modernity ⓘ
exploresMotif death and loss ⓘ
honor and tradition ⓘ
memory and the past ⓘ
exploresPsychologyOf war veterans ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bayard Sartoris ⓘ
Colonel John Sartoris ⓘ
Horace Benbow ⓘ
Narcissa Benbow ⓘ
Bayard Sartoris ⓘ
surface form: Young Bayard Sartoris
fictionalCounty Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
focusesOnFamily Sartoris family ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeVersion Sartoris ⓘ
surface form: Sartoris (edited version of the text)
hasFictionalTown Jefferson ⓘ
hasProtagonistFamily Sartoris family ⓘ
hasRecurringFaulknerCharacter Horace Benbow ⓘ
literaryMovement American modernism ⓘ
literarySignificance early exploration of themes developed in later Faulkner novels ⓘ
mainTheme decline of Southern aristocracy ⓘ
family legacy ⓘ
post–Civil War South ⓘ
social change in the American South ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeStyle multiple perspectives ⓘ
narrativeTechnique stream of consciousness ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeInCanon part of Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
publicationYear 1973 ⓘ
publisher Harrison Smith and Robert Haas ⓘ
relatedWork Sartoris ⓘ
setInState Mississippi ⓘ
setting Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
sharesSettingWith As I Lay Dying ⓘ
Light in August ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
sharesUniverse Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
surface form: Yoknapatawpha County series
writtenIn 1920s ⓘ

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Yoknapatawpha County → appearsInWork → Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County → firstAppearance → Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Sartoris → basedOn → Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Sartoris → hasLaterRestoredVersion → Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Compson family → appearsIn → Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha saga → hasPart → Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Sartoris family → appearsIn → Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Bayard Sartoris → appearsIn → Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Narcissa Benbow → appearsIn → Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Miss Jenny Du Pre → appearsIn → Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Flags in the Dust (restored text) → alsoKnownAs → Flags in the Dust ⓘ