Absalom, Absalom!, 23 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2017-12-01 08:27
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
Holston House in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
23
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
- a Sunday morning in June with the bells
Page Event Ends: 
24
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Thomas Sutpen
Unnamed Enslaved House Negroes
Unnamed Jefferson Townspeople
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, June 1, 1833 to Sunday, June 30, 1833
Summary: 

The narrator describes Sutpen's arrival in Jefferson, and the appearance of the town, in 1833; this revises what the narrator had said about that arrival in Chapter 1. [SOURCE: Narrator]

Chronological Order: 
43.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Newcomer, Sabbath, Past, Narrative_Revision
Environment:
Auditory›Bells
Cultural Issues:
Group Mentality›Community collective | Religion›Sabbath | Slavery›Domestic labor
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Horses | Arrivals/Departures›Arrival | Naming›Importance of naming | Time›Past
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Literary›Ancient Greek Chorus | Narrative›Revision

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