The Town, 331 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2018-06-26 15:15
Text: 
The Town
Location: 
Ridge in The Town in The Town (Location)
Page Number: 
331
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
They are all here, supine beneath you, stratified and super-posed,
Page Event Ends: 
332
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Earliest Yoknapatawpha Families
Alexander Holston
Ikkemotubbe
Issetibbeha
Old Colonel Sartoris
Unnamed Sister of Issetibbeha
Unnamed Slaves of Issetibbeha
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1800 to Wednesday, December 31, 1930
Summary: 

Looking at Yoknapatawpha from a ridge, Gavin sees its history projected onto the landscape, appearing as "frail dust and phantoms" (331).

Chronological Order: 
1.20
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
History: Time spatialized, Class: Difference, Identity: Ethnic, Past-in-present, Theme and Motif: Trope: Dust, Theme and Motif: Trope: Ghost
Actions:
Movement›Migration
Cultural Issues:
History›Arrival of whites in Mississippi | Migration›Intraregional migration | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs:
Arrivals/Departures›Arrival in Yoknapatawpha | Past›Yoknapatawpha founders | Recurring Tropes›Upward mobility | Recurring Tropes›Vanishing | Time›Long passage of time | Time›Travel back in time
Aesthetics:
Narrative›Parentheses | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual

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