Sartoris

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novel

Sartoris is William Faulkner’s first published novel, introducing the fictional Yoknapatawpha County and the Sartoris family that recur throughout his later works.

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Label Occurrences
Sartoris canonical 11
Sartoris (edited version of the text) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author William Faulkner ⓘ
William Faulkner ⓘ
basedOn Flags in the Dust ⓘ
chronologyWithinAuthorOeuvre firstPublishedNovel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Bayard Sartoris ⓘ
Bayard Sartoris ⓘ
surface form: Colonel John Sartoris

Miss Jenny Du Pre ⓘ
Narcissa Benbow ⓘ
featuresFamily Sartoris family ⓘ
featuresFictionalLocation Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
firstPublishedInForm abridged version ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Flags in the Dust (restored text) ⓘ
hasCriticalReception mixed on initial publication ⓘ
hasForm prose fiction ⓘ
hasInfluenced later Yoknapatawpha novels by William Faulkner ⓘ
hasLaterReception recognized as important early Faulkner work ⓘ
hasLaterRestoredVersion Flags in the Dust ⓘ
hasMediaType print ⓘ
hasPageCountApproximate 380 ⓘ
hasSubject Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

post–World War I society ⓘ
hasTimeOfNarrative post–World War I era ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement modernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainTheme decline of the Southern aristocracy ⓘ
memory and the past ⓘ
war and its aftermath ⓘ
narrativeTechnique multiple perspectives ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ
notableFor first full use of Yoknapatawpha County setting ⓘ
introduction of recurring Sartoris family ⓘ
originalPublisherLocation New York City ⓘ
partOfFictionalUniverse Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
surface form: Yoknapatawpha County saga
placeInYoknapatawphaChronology early 20th century ⓘ
precedesInSeries The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
publicationYear 1929 ⓘ
1973 ⓘ
publisher Harcourt Brace & World ⓘ
surface form: Harcourt, Brace and Company
setting Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ

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The Sound and the Fury → precededBy → Sartoris ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County → alsoProminentlyAppearsIn → Sartoris ⓘ
Alberto Sartoris → familyName → Sartoris ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha saga → hasPart → Sartoris ⓘ
Flags in the Dust → relatedWork → Sartoris ⓘ
Flags in the Dust → hasAlternativeVersion → Sartoris ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sartoris (edited version of the text)
Sartoris family → appearsIn → Sartoris ⓘ
Bayard Sartoris → appearsIn → Sartoris ⓘ
Narcissa Benbow → appearsIn → Sartoris ⓘ
Miss Jenny Du Pre → appearsIn → Sartoris ⓘ
Flags in the Dust (restored text) → isUncutVersionOf → Sartoris ⓘ
Flags in the Dust (restored text) → hasEditedVersion → Sartoris ⓘ