Requiem for a Nun (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1951
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1930’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Melodrama
- Subjects: Prisons, Racism, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, Prostitution or prostitutes, Guilt, 1930’s, Capital punishment, Law or legislation, Christianity, Mississippi, Atonement, Courts or courtrooms
- Locales: Yoknapatawpha County (fictive), Jackson, MS
Places Discussed
Jefferson. Fictional town based on Faulkner’s hometown of Oxford, in the northeastern part of Mississippi. In several novels and stories, he created his own microcosm, his own “little postage stamp of native soil.” Although his mythical county bears considerable resemblance to the real locale, he altered certain details involving chronology and individual characters. Recurrent locales and characters, such as Temple Drake and Gavin and Gowan Stevens, link this to other Yoknapatawpha fiction, especially the earlier novel Sanctuary (1931). By tracing...
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