Night Rider (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Penn Warren
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social morality
- Time of Work: 1904-1905
- Setting: Kentucky
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Violence, Farms, farmers, or farming, Corruption, Outlaws, Kentucky, Tobacco
- Locales: Kentucky
Characters Discussed
Percy Munn, a lawyer and gentleman farmer who dies because of his obsessive involvement with the Association of Growers of Dark Fired Tobacco and The Free Farmers’ Brotherhood of Protection and Control, called the “night riders.” Munn sees no pattern or meaning in the events of his life, but he searches for the ultimate decisive deed that will resolve all of life’s conflicts. He anticipates that the “brotherhood” of the association will supply the sense of community he lacks, but instead, the night riders’ activities complete his isolation...
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Robert Penn Warren (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Robert Penn Warren (Poetry)Robert Penn Warren (Short Fiction)Robert Penn Warren (Long Fiction)Robert Penn Warren (Dictionary of World Biography)
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