Pantaloon in Black
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"Pantaloon in Black" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of grief, racial tension, and injustice in the American South.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent | death of protagonist's wife ⓘ |
| collectionFirstPublicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| collectionPublication | Go Down, Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
lynching
ⓘ
racially biased justice system ⓘ |
| explores |
African American experience in the Jim Crow South
ⓘ
white legal and social power structures ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Rider
NERFINISHED
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Rider's wife ⓘ white jailers ⓘ white sheriff ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of William Faulkner's short fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
nonlinear recollection
ⓘ
stream-of-consciousness elements ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalPublicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| partOf | Go Down, Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Rider NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistEthnicity | African American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | male ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Random House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedAuthorWork |
Absalom, Absalom!
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Go Down, Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingState | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
criminal justice ⓘ grief ⓘ injustice ⓘ mourning ⓘ racial tension ⓘ racism ⓘ social inequality ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
somber
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tragic ⓘ |
| workInSeries | Yoknapatawpha County stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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