Holy Ghosts (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Romulus Linney
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: An evening in early summer in the 1970’s
- Setting: The rural South
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Parody
- Subjects: Values, 1970’s, Abused persons, South or Southerners, Marriage, Domestic violence, Divorce, Life, philosophy of, Fundamentalism, Sects, Worship
- Locales: South (U.S.)
Characters Discussed
Nancy Shedman, a young, naïve, backwoods Southern woman. She has been married less than a year to an abusive man, Coleman Shedman. After being assaulted by him, Nancy encounters a snake-handling religious cult run by Obediah Senior. Having nowhere to turn and swept away by the church’s fanaticism, she decides to leave her husband, take half of the property, and marry the preacher. Nancy begins to waver after learning that she would become the man’s seventh wife. Weakening, she is almost ready to return to Coleman until, in an outburst of rage, he...
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