Noon Wine

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Noon Wine is a novella by American author Katherine Anne Porter that explores moral ambiguity and tragedy on a Texas dairy farm in the late 19th century.

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instanceOf novella ⓘ
adaptation Noon Wine (1966 television film) ⓘ
Noon Wine (1985 television film) ⓘ
adaptationDirector Michael Fields ⓘ
Sam Peckinpah ⓘ
adaptationStar Fred Astaire ⓘ
Jason Robards ⓘ
Lloyd Bridges ⓘ
Olivia de Havilland ⓘ
adaptedFor television ⓘ
author Katherine Anne Porter ⓘ
centralTheme guilt ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
social judgment ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
violence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores the destructive power of suspicion ⓘ
the gap between legal innocence and moral responsibility ⓘ
the impact of community opinion on individual fate ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1937 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Southern Review ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
includedInCollection Pale Horse, Pale Rider ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice foreshadowing ⓘ
irony ⓘ
unreliable perception of events ⓘ
literaryMovement modernist literature ⓘ
literarySignificance considered one of Katherine Anne Porter’s major works ⓘ
majorCharacter Mr. Hatch ⓘ
Mrs. Thompson ⓘ
Olaf Helton ⓘ
Royal Earle Thompson ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
plotElement a mysterious Swedish farmhand transforms a failing Texas dairy farm ⓘ
a violent confrontation leads to a killing in apparent self-defense ⓘ
the community questions the protagonist’s motives ⓘ
protagonist Royal Earle Thompson ⓘ
publisherOfFirstBookEdition Harcourt, Brace and Company ⓘ
settingEnvironment dairy farm ⓘ
settingLocation Texas ⓘ
settingTimePeriod late 19th century ⓘ

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Katherine Anne Porter → notableWork → Noon Wine ⓘ
subject linked to: Callie Russell Porter