Borneo in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2017-11-21 11:29
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location Key: 
Borneo
Display Label: 
Borneo
Map Icon: 
OutOfYoknapatawpha
Authority : 
Text (when unambiguous)
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
"Vendee"
X: 
2115
Y: 
1376
Description: 

Borneo is an island off the coast of southeast Asia. In Absalom! its fabled head-hunters provide a metaphorical point-of-reference: Clytemnestra's "body just grew smaller and smaller like something being shrunk in a furnace, like the Bornese do their captured heads" (175).

Role: 
Only Mentioned in Text
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Foreign Country
If Authority is "Other Text(s)," specify: 
"Vendee"
The Unvanquished

Home of Characters

Unnamed People of Borneo

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