Keywords

Vocabulary: Cultural Issues
Term ID Term Parentsort descending Description
718 Defeat War
2134 Demotion War
894 Deployment War
1478 Deprivation War

Individuals or groups who have been deprived of resources and comfort. JB

4763 Desertion War
2702 Destruction War
2133 Displacement War
993 Draft War
2665 Draft evasion / Draft dodging War
1505 Fog of War War
4561 Glorification War
2520 Going to war War
3408 Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R. War
796 Homefront War
4916 Indian / Native American wars War
1508 Insubordination War
4824 Irregular troop War
4927 Jacobite Rebellion War
4976 Korean War War
1108 Mercenary War
2861 Mexican War
4228 Military awards War
3708 Military rank of general War
4274 Military reassignment War
4784 Military service War

Whenever a character did or did not serve in the military during war. In this case, it is Redmond in The Unvanquished (225), but another example is Percy Grimm. JHB

5489 Naval warfare War
3432 Noncombatant War
4695 On homefront War
935 Patriotism War
3436 Peace War
1458 Pillage War
3637 Plunder War
4222 Prisoner War
4407 Profiting from war War
4212 Psychological effects War
2756 Reconstruction War
3635 Recuperation War
772 Refuge War
4911 Refugee War
4772 Retreat War
963 Return War
2633 Return from war War
2686 Return to war War
2492 Revenge War
4077 Royal Air Force War
4776 Rules of engagement War
2705 Sabotage War
1808 Scorched-earth policy War

This refers specifically to the events describing the destruction of Southern plantations, cities, railroads, etc., by Union forces during the Civil War. Frequently the narratives associate these actions directly with "Sherman," a hated name in Faulkner's South.

2142 Spanish American War War
1487 Spoils War
2546 Stolen valor War

Whenever someone claims to have fought in a war, but it is implied that he (always he) did not do so. This comes up quite a bit in Faulkner. JB

1460 Strategy War

Although technically strategy and tactics are two different elements of war, for the time being they have been collapsed into the same keyword unless there are really nuanced discussions of either in Faulkner. JB

763 Surrender War
2850 Trenches War
4079 U.S. Army War
737 Union Army War
1456 Unity War

This keyword describes the way in which war calls upon disparate people to fight for the same ideal. The specific example this is based on is Southerners ultimately fighting in the United States army in later wars, but could also described the camaraderie between allied nations. Joost Burgers

5318 Veterans War

This is a general marker for anything to do with veterans. The specific instance is the relationship between Jock and Captain Warren in "Death Drag." Although this is technically a "relationship" between veterans, the occurrence is so rare that it makes more sense to create a generic term.

4828 Violence against civilians War
1712 War of 1812 War
800 Women War
978 World War I War
735 World War II War
616 Wound War
Vocabulary: Environment
Term ID Term Parentsort descending Description
2493 Cloud Weather
780 Cold Weather
3784 Coolness Weather
3545 Flood Weather
4202 Fog Weather
2115 Frost Weather
1784 Heat Weather
5287 Ice Weather
2153 Mild Weather
4163 Perfect Weather Weather

Perfect, that is, for the context - which can either mean clear sunlight OR pitch darkness, frost or rain. Whenever the weather feels right. For the dawn of the hunt in "Race at Morning," it means "cold and bright" (297).

702 Rain Weather
2747 Snow Weather
2273 Storm Weather
1786 Sun Weather
1911 Sunshine Weather
2224 Warmth Weather
Vocabulary: Actions
Term ID Term Parentsort descending Description
2562 Accident Work
5655 Architect Work
2056 Banking Work
4162 Barbering Work
885 Blacksmith Work
3498 Boot-black / Shoe shine Work
1680 Building structure Work
888 Carpenter Work
902 Chopping wood Work
4314 Churning butter Work
1529 Construction Work
4866 Dismissal Work
4605 Dismissing from work Work
3943 Doctor / medical care Work
2008 Driving Work

When someone is driving people around for a living. JB

4694 Factory Work
813 Farming Work
1850 Fireman Work
1382 For room and board Work
900 Gardening Work

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