Delta Autumn
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Delta Autumn is a short story by William Faulkner, set in the American South and exploring themes of race, family, and moral decay within the broader Yoknapatawpha County saga.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Delta Autumn canonical | 3 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralConflict | clash between personal morality and racist social norms ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
hunting trip
ⓘ
wilderness versus civilization ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
Southern social codes
ⓘ
decline of the Southern aristocracy ⓘ interracial relationships ⓘ legacy of slavery ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Ike McCaslin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roth Edmonds NERFINISHED ⓘ Unnamed mixed‑race woman ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short story collection ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Southern Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Yoknapatawpha County saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
aging and disillusionment
ⓘ
tension between past and present in the South ⓘ |
| protagonist | Ike McCaslin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCycle | McCaslin family stories ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Go Down, Moses
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Bear NERFINISHED ⓘ Was ⓘ |
| setting |
American South
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
family
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ miscegenation ⓘ moral decay ⓘ race ⓘ racism ⓘ responsibility ⓘ tradition versus change ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
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