Keywords

Vocabulary: Aesthetics
Term ID Term Parent Description
4740 And detective plot Ambiguity
4749 Detective fiction Genre Conventions
4765 Mottstown Allusion, Geographical
4768 Madison, Mississippi Allusion, Geographical
4769 Caledonia, Mississippi Allusion, Geographical
4770 Hickahala bottom Allusion, Geographical
4774 Grenada, Mississippi Allusion, Geographical
4777 Shiloh Allusion, Geographical
4779 Missouri Allusion, Geographical
4785 Fort Moultrie, South Carolina Allusion, Geographical
4786 Tennessee Junction, Tennessee Allusion, Geographical
4789 Montgomery, Alabama Allusion, Geographical
4811 Chickamauga Allusion, Historical
4812 Lookout Mountain Allusion, Historical
4813 Vicksburg Allusion, Historical
4821 Impermanence Symbolism
4826 Cockrum Allusion, Historical
Vocabulary: Themes and Motifs
Term ID Term Parent Description
4741 And an animal Determinism
4746 Spousal Death
4747 Ambiguous circumstances Death
4748 Taboos Community
4752 Unknowable Character
4755 Entropy Chaos/Order
4758 European in U.S. Objects
4767 Map Objects
4775 Ducks Animals
4783 Upliftment Community

Whenever a member of the community takes it upon him or herself to "uplift" the rest of the members of the community, whether they want to be uplifted or not. The specific example is John Sartoris in The Unvanquished who has grand plans for the people of Jefferson (223).

4790 Moving a dead body Death
4797 Selflessness Values
4799 Death certificate Texts
4800 Red necks Absence/Loss
4801 Red necks Appearance
4802 Turtles Animals
4815 Cook book Texts
4818 Bible Texts
4822 Salt Objects
4831 Attacked Home
4835 Order Chaos/Order
4836 Racial Absence/Loss
4839 Tending to animal Animals
Vocabulary: Cultural Issues
Term ID Term Parent Description
4742 Creating an Other Group Mentality
4743 Smoking habit Health and Illness
4744 Polo Entertainment
4745 Outlander Cultural Identity
4750 Probate Law
4753 Lay preacher Religion
4754 Erosion Land-Use
4756 Negro reporting white behavior Race
4757 Investigation Law
4760 And identity Clothes
4762 Using a Negro as messenger Race
4763 Desertion War
4771 Providence Religion
4772 Retreat War
4776 Rules of engagement War
4778 Humiliation Slavery
4780 Voter fraud Crime
4781 Soda Food
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

4788 Cyclical Violence
4791 Interruption Crime
4795 Trotline Hunting and Fishing
4796 Inquest Law
4798 Sharing the land Economy
4805 Cemetery decorations Ritual
4814 Segregation of space Slavery
4816 Behaving "white" Race
4817 Segregated space Race
4819 Trans-regional Cultural Identity
4820 Forgiveness Religion
4823 Campaign War
4824 Irregular troop War
4828 Violence against civilians War
4830 Hapless Yankees Region
4833 Lady's accoutrements Gender
Vocabulary: Actions
Term ID Term Parent Description
4751 Incompetent farming Agricultural
4759 Shopping Economic
4761 Confessing without words Bodily
4764 Patrol Military
4766 Reconnaissance Military
4793 Traffic Movement
4827 Interpreting tracks Perceptual
4829 Capturing prisoners Military
4832 Wrong direction Movement
Vocabulary: Environment
Term ID Term Parent Description
4773 Livestock pen Domestic Space
4782 Indian Summer Time of Year
4787 Eleven o'clock Time of Day
4792 Quicksand Natural
4794 Hovel Place
4804 Dirt lane Place
4806 Moving wagon Auditory
4807 Car|truck movement Auditory
4808 Sunday Time of Day
4825 Dangerous Atmospheric
4834 Campsite Place
4838 Stable Place
Vocabulary: Relationships
Term ID Term Parent Description
4803 Animals preying on humans Interspecies
4809 Fratricide Familial
4810 Companions Interracial
4837 Mother-infant Familial

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