Railroad from Yoknapatawpha to Memphis in "Lion" (Location)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-09-30 14:37
Text: 
"Lion"
Location Key: 
Railroad from Yoknapatawpha to Memphis
Display Label: 
Railroad to Memphis
Map Icon: 
Event
Authority : 
Faulkner map
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
Go Down, Moses
X: 
1276
Y: 
110
Description: 

In "Lion" Quentin and Boon travel by train directly from Hoke's to Memphis. When characters in other fictions travel by train from Jefferson to Memphis, they have to change trains north of Yoknapatawpha. Faulkner drew only one railroad on both his maps of the county, so presumably he forgot or simply ignores that fact in this story - as he does again when he incorporates "Lion" into Go Down, Moses, where it's Ike McCaslin who rides with Boon directly to Memphis from Hoke's.

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Railroad Track

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