Light in August

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Light in August is a 1932 novel by William Faulkner that interweaves the lives of several characters in the American South to explore themes of identity, race, and moral decay.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationType television film ⓘ
author William Faulkner ⓘ
character Byron Bunch ⓘ
Joanna Burden ⓘ
Lucas Burch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresTheme alienation ⓘ
gender ⓘ
identity ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
race ⓘ
racism ⓘ
religion ⓘ
violence ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Light in August (1976 film) ⓘ
linked to: Light in August
hasISBN 978-0-679-73225-9 ⓘ
hasMotif light and darkness ⓘ
lynching ⓘ
outsider figure ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
includedInList Modern Library 100 best novels ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literarySignificance key text in Southern Gothic tradition ⓘ
major work of William Faulkner ⓘ
mainCharacter Gail Hightower ⓘ
Joe Christmas ⓘ
Lena Grove ⓘ
narrativePerspective shifting third-person viewpoints ⓘ
narrativeStructure multiple interwoven storylines ⓘ
narrativeTechnique stream of consciousness ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount approximately 500 ⓘ
partOfSeries Yoknapatawpha County novels ⓘ
linked to: Yoknapatawpha saga
publicationDate 1932 ⓘ
publisher Smith & Haas ⓘ
setInFictionalPlace Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
setInRegion American South ⓘ
timeSpanOfAction several weeks in late summer ⓘ
titleAlludesTo quality of August light in the American South ⓘ

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