Keywords

When the narrator corrects, or significantly qualifies, an immediately preceding statement or account. JW

When a narrator or character explicitly foregrounds the region as distinctive, problematic, or otherwise noteworthy. JW

I opted for the more familiar phrase over "Talionic code of justice" to facilitate searching. JW

Performing any sort of work as an attorney at law. JW

When explicitly considered as a moral issue. JW

I chose this term because it includes orphanhood but isn't limited to it. JW

In the biological sense rather than the legal or economic one: inherited physical, psychological, or moral characteristics. JW

Spoken by a character to pause or slow down narration by another character so s/he can process the significance or take over the narration. The classic examples are from ABSALOM, but it's a signature verbal formula across Faulkner. JW