Dec 21, 2009

Intruder in the Dust | Intruder in the Dust

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Author: William Faulkner
First Published: 1948
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
Time of Work: Early 1930’s
Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Mystery and detective literature
Subjects: African Americans, Justice, Race, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, 1930’s, Duty, Folklore, Mysteries, Debtors or creditors
Locales: Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)

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Yoknapatawpha County (YOK-nuh-puh-TAW-fuh). Fictional county in northern Mississippi, modeled on the region in which William Faulkner lived most of his life—a region that constitutes the fictional world of most of his novels and stories. A representation of the South from its earliest settling to modern times, Yoknapatawpha serves as a repository of southern history, legends, and communal memories. Against this backdrop, Chick Mallison confronts his long-held attitudes, becoming, himself, an intruder in the dust.

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