Keywords

Vocabulary: Aesthetics
Term ID Termsort ascending Parent Description
3216 Mark Twain Allusion, Historical
5211 Mannie's death Recurring Episodes
5212 Mannie Hait cashes check Recurring Episodes
2951 Manassas, Horse Allusion, Historical
5713 Malraux, Andre Allusion, Literary
5503 Malaya Allusion, Geographical
4034 Malapropism Diction
5722 Malan, Adolph Allusion, Historical
5725 Malan, Adolph Allusion, Historical
5763 Maine Allusion, Geographical
5448 Maginot Line Allusion, Historical
5274 Magdalen Allusion, Biblical
4768 Madison, Mississippi Allusion, Geographical
4448 Madame Bovary Allusion, Literary
2320 Macbeth Allusion, Literary
884 MacArthur, Douglas Allusion, Historical
2791 Lytle, Horace Allusion, Historical
4942 Lycurgus of Sparta Allusion, Historical
4298 Lusitania Allusion, Historical
2804 Lucifer Allusion, Biblical
5691 Louisville, Kentucky Allusion, Geographical
2380 Lothario Allusion, Literary
Vocabulary: Actions
Term ID Termsort ascending Parent Description
3581 Maritime / Marine Work
2589 Marching Military
3489 Marching Movement
2259 Male gathering Interaction, Social

Added "Male gathering" to capture those moments where men gather in public spaces, like porches, stores, and on the street.--LW

1701 Making progress Interaction, Social
5649 Making coffee Domestic
2496 Making a bed Domestic
1436 Lynch mob Violent
5703 Lying down Physical
2742 Lying Verbal
1208 Lying Moral
1882 Lust Emotional
1225 Love Emotional
Vocabulary: Relationships
Term ID Termsort ascending Parent Description
481 Marital (First level term)
1568 Man-nature Interspecies
2052 Man-mule Interspecies
1554 Man-horse Interspecies
3904 Man-fox Interspecies
4461 Man-fish Interspecies
766 Man-dog Interspecies
5002 Man-deer Interspecies
5268 Man-cow Interspecies
3326 Man-bird Interspecies
5009 Man-bear Interspecies
3224 Mammy-child Interracial
2590 Male-male relationship Friendship
2361 Male-male attraction Friendship
4991 Loving Marital
3185 Love at first sight Romantic
Vocabulary: Environment
Term ID Termsort ascending Parent Description
1199 March Time of Year
5756 Machine Auditory

The specific instance where this is used is in The Hamlet to refer to the sound of a cotton gin, but can be used to describe any sounds of industrialization.

2555 Lunch Time of Day
3948 Lunar month / cycle Time of Year
Vocabulary: Themes and Motifs
Term ID Termsort ascending Parent Description
2518 Marble columns Objects
4767 Map Objects
4044 Map Texts
1807 Manipulation Psychological
3589 Male body Body
2249 Magnet Objects
5139 Magazine Objects
4703 Magazine Texts
1310 Madness Psychological
2717 Machine gun Objects
1454 Luxury Money
3700 Luggage Objects
2272 Luck Philosophical
4660 Loyalty Morals
510 Loyalty Values
2721 Love letter Texts
1583 Love Values
Vocabulary: Cultural Issues
Term ID Termsort ascending Parent Description
5745 Manure Agriculture
286 Manumission Slavery
969 Manslaughter Crime
4290 Mankind Identity, Cultural
4896 Manipulative Sexuality
2963 Manhood Alcohol
3887 Mama's boy Gender
4648 Male-female Violence
5350 Male vitality Sexuality
4622 Male rivalry Gender
5262 Male rescuer Gender
4643 Male gaze Gender
3083 Male domination Gender
5779 Male control female sexuality Sexuality
3983 Male body Gender
5626 Malaria Health and Illness
968 Making whisky Crime
4738 Making a case Law
5326 makeup Gender
1703 Mail delivery Progress
2994 Magic trick Entertainment
1286 Magazines Mass Media
3342 Machinery or mechanical references Materialism

For when a text makes explicit reference to machinery, mechanical issues, or the workings of related items -- e.g., Quentin's references in S&F to the wheels and gears of his watch (and his father's before him). JBP

1718 Lynching Violence
5533 Lumber trade Agriculture
285 Loyalty Slavery

To note passages in which enslaved people are described - or describe themselves - as loyal to the family that owns them, as when Simon describes how happy all the Sartoris slaves were at the birth of their master's son. SR

5459 Loyal blacks Race
3775 Lower class / riff-raff / canaille Class

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