Ratlif, Descendants of Ratcliffe
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Ratlif, Descendants of Ratcliffe
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Ratlif, Descendants of Ratcliffe
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Requiem for a Nun refers to three generations of descendants from the "Ratcliffe" who first arrived in the settlement that became Jefferson, and notes how over that time the name "lost the 'c' and the final 'fe' too" (13). Although he is not singled out in this text, the latest descendant is V.K. Ratliff, one of Faulkner's favorite characters - although in the Requiem passage Faulkner seems to have forgotten that his name still has both "f"s.