The Resource Light in August : the corrected text, William Faulkner
Light in August : the corrected text, William Faulkner
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The item Light in August : the corrected text, William Faulkner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library.
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- Summary
- Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white. Faulkner makes of Joe's tragedy a powerful indictment of racism; at the same time Joe's life is a study of the divided self and becomes a symbol of 20th century man. Light in August is the story of Lena Grove's search for the father of her unborn child, and features one of Faulkner's most memorable characters: Joe Christmas, a desperate drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Vintage international ed.
- Extent
- 512 pages
- Note
-
- Originally published: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932
- "This revised text and the notes are reprinted from Novels 1930-1935 by William Faulkner, published by the Library of America, 1985, by permission"--T.p. verso
- Isbn
- 9780808563389
- Label
- Light in August : the corrected text
- Title
- Light in August
- Title remainder
- the corrected text
- Statement of responsibility
- William Faulkner
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- trueDrifters
- Drifters -- Fiction
- trueRacism
- Pregnant women -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Mississippi -- Fiction
- Stream of consciousness fiction
- trueMisfits (Persons)
- trueYoknapatawpha County (Miss. : Imaginary place)
- trueSouthern Gothic
- trueMultiracial men
- trueModern classics
- Allegories
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- trueMississippi
- trueClergy
- trueSouthern fiction
- truePregnant women
- trueOstracism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Joe Christmas does not know whether he is black or white. Faulkner makes of Joe's tragedy a powerful indictment of racism; at the same time Joe's life is a study of the divided self and becomes a symbol of 20th century man. Light in August is the story of Lena Grove's search for the father of her unborn child, and features one of Faulkner's most memorable characters: Joe Christmas, a desperate drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry
- Summary
- In a novel about hopeless perseverance in the face of mortality, guileless Lena Grove searches for the father of her unborn child, Reverend Hightower is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen, and drifter Joe Christmas is consumed by his mixed ancestry
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 026845
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1897-1962
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Faulkner, William
- Dewey number
- 813/.52
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3511.A86
- LC item number
- L5 1990
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Vintage international
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Racially mixed people
- Pregnant women
- Drifters
- Mississippi
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Light in August : the corrected text, William Faulkner
- Note
-
- Originally published: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932
- "This revised text and the notes are reprinted from Novels 1930-1935 by William Faulkner, published by the Library of America, 1985, by permission"--T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 134098
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Vintage international ed.
- Extent
- 512 pages
- Isbn
- 9780808563389
- Lccn
- 90050268
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm21525352
- (OCoLC)21525352
- Label
- Light in August : the corrected text, William Faulkner
- Note
-
- Originally published: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932
- "This revised text and the notes are reprinted from Novels 1930-1935 by William Faulkner, published by the Library of America, 1985, by permission"--T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 134098
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- Vintage international ed.
- Extent
- 512 pages
- Isbn
- 9780808563389
- Lccn
- 90050268
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm21525352
- (OCoLC)21525352
Subject
- Allegories
- trueClergy
- trueDrifters
- Drifters -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMisfits (Persons)
- trueMississippi
- Mississippi -- Fiction
- trueModern classics
- trueMultiracial men
- trueOstracism
- truePregnant women
- Pregnant women -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- trueRacism
- trueSouthern Gothic
- trueSouthern fiction
- Stream of consciousness fiction
- trueYoknapatawpha County (Miss. : Imaginary place)
Genre
- trueAllegories
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueModern classics
- truePsychological fiction
- trueSouthern Gothic
- trueSouthern fiction
- Stream of consciousness fiction
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Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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