Dec 17, 2009

Go Down, Moses | Go Down, Moses

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Author: William Faulkner
First Published: 1942
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Psychological realism
Time of Work: 1859-1941
Setting: Mississippi
Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
Subjects: Race, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Rural or country life, Incest, Rape, Cruelty, Hunting or hunters, Bears
Locales: Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)

Characters Discussed

Isaac McCaslin (Uncle Ike), the grandson of Lucius Quintus Carothers McCaslin and heir to his plantation. Isaac, whose father dies while he is young, has two father figures: Sam Fathers, once a slave of Isaac’s grandfather, and Cass Edmonds, a cousin sixteen years his elder. Sam Fathers teaches Isaac to hunt and to appreciate nature. As a child, Isaac longs for his tenth birthday, when he will be old enough to go on hunting trips to the wilderness. When Isaac turns twenty-one, he tells Cass that he is relinquishing his patrimony. He argues with Cass, who...

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Go Down, Moses | Go Down, Moses

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Characters Discussed

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