“An Odor of Verbena”
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“An Odor of Verbena” is a concluding short story by William Faulkner that explores themes of honor, memory, and the lingering legacy of the American South.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “An Odor of Verbena” canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| addresses |
codes of Southern honor
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transition from violent to moral courage ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yoknapatawpha County saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores | lingering legacy of the American South ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bayard Sartoris
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Colonel John Sartoris NERFINISHED ⓘ Drusilla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1938 ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern literature
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modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCentralConflict | Bayard Sartoris’s decision about avenging his father’s death ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | often discussed as one of Faulkner’s key treatments of honor and memory ⓘ |
| hasSettingElement | Reconstruction-era Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleMotif | odor as trigger of remembrance ⓘ |
| includedIn | collected editions of William Faulkner’s stories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | The Unvanquished NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | concluding story of The Unvanquished ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Random House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Flags in the Dust
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Sartoris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
American South
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Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbol | verbena flowers ⓘ |
| symbolismOfVerbena |
endurance of memory
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moral courage ⓘ |
| theme |
courage
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family loyalty ⓘ honor ⓘ legacy of the American South ⓘ memory ⓘ revenge ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | post–American Civil War era ⓘ |
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