Delta Autumn

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Delta Autumn is a short story by William Faulkner, set in the American South and exploring themes of race, family, and moral decay within the broader Yoknapatawpha County saga.

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Delta Autumn canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
author William Faulkner ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
centralConflict clash between personal morality and racist social norms ⓘ
containsMotif hunting trip ⓘ
wilderness versus civilization ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores Southern social codes ⓘ
decline of the Southern aristocracy ⓘ
interracial relationships ⓘ
legacy of slavery ⓘ
featuresCharacter Ike McCaslin ⓘ
linked to: Isaac McCaslin

Roth Edmonds ⓘ
Unnamed mixed‑race woman ⓘ
firstPublicationForm short story collection ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
hasFictionalUniverse Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Southern Gothic ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
partOf Yoknapatawpha County saga ⓘ
linked to: Yoknapatawpha saga
portrays aging and disillusionment ⓘ
tension between past and present in the South ⓘ
protagonist Ike McCaslin ⓘ
linked to: Isaac McCaslin
relatedCycle McCaslin family stories ⓘ
relatedWork Go Down, Moses ⓘ
The Bear ⓘ
Was ⓘ
setting American South ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
theme family ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
miscegenation ⓘ
moral decay ⓘ
race ⓘ
racism ⓘ
responsibility ⓘ
tradition versus change ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Go Down, Moses → hasPart → Delta Autumn ⓘ
Go Down, Moses → notableStory → Delta Autumn ⓘ
McCaslin family → appearsInWork → Delta Autumn ⓘ
The Fire and the Hearth → relatedWork → Delta Autumn ⓘ
Isaac McCaslin → appearsIn → Delta Autumn ⓘ
McCaslin plantation → appearsIn → Delta Autumn ⓘ