Keywords

Term ID Vocabulary Parent Termsort descending Description
2285 Cultural Issues Clothes Motoring clothes

Clothes that people wear when they go for a drive. JB
5393 Themes and Motifs Texts Mottoes
4765 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Mottstown
5386 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Mount Vernon
3540 Environment Natural Mountains
1656 Cultural Issues Clothes Mourning
3054 Actions Emotional Mourning
2491 Themes and Motifs Body Moustache
2995 Themes and Motifs Body Mouth
351 Actions (First level term) Movement
2271 Themes and Motifs Philosophical Movement
2242 Cultural Issues Migration Movement to city

This keyword refers to references or descriptions of characters who move from a less urban to a more urban environment, and is equally appropriate when someone moves from Frenchman's Bend to Jefferson and when someone from Jefferson moves to Memphis or New York. SR
1285 Cultural Issues Entertainment Movies
1287 Cultural Issues Mass Media Movies
4790 Themes and Motifs Death Moving a dead body
4953 Cultural Issues History Moving away
4806 Environment Auditory Moving wagon
5376 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Mozart
3541 Environment Natural Mud
1128 Actions Movement Mule
661 Themes and Motifs Animals Mules
3207 Cultural Issues Cultural Identity Multiculturalism
4307 Relationships Romantic Multiple

I created this term for Gavin Stevens's multiple romantic relationships in Knight's Gambit to capture the emotional rather than sexual nature of his attachments.--LW
3561 Aesthetics Narrative Multiple quotations in a single paragraph
3152 Actions Verbal Mumbling
1722 Cultural Issues Government Municipal meeting
5568 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Murat, Joachim
819 Actions Violent Murder
2229 Themes and Motifs Death Murder
750 Cultural Issues Crime Murder
2771 Environment Auditory Murmur
4637 Cultural Issues Entertainment Music
300 Cultural Issues Slavery Music
4481 Environment Auditory Music
1934 Themes and Motifs Art Music
4207 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Musical imagery
4317 Themes and Motifs Objects Musical instrument
5707 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Mussolini, Benito
2858 Environment Olfactory Must
1469 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Mute
4846 Actions Violent Mutilation
852 Themes and Motifs Arrivals/Departures Mysterious
877 Themes and Motifs Meaning Mystery
1172 Aesthetics Genre Conventions Mystery
2220 Themes and Motifs Objects Nail
2389 Themes and Motifs Character Naivety
5137 Themes and Motifs Body Naked
2019 Themes and Motifs Appearance Nakedness
1830 Themes and Motifs Animals Named bear Ben
860 Themes and Motifs Animals Named dog Lion
1166 Themes and Motifs Naming Named for historical figure
463 Themes and Motifs (First level term) Naming
2280 Cultural Issues Race Naming

The informal names given to people of another race, especially African-Americans. In particular, names like "Uncle" or "Mammy" stand out here. This is a bit distinct from "Naming slavery" as these practices post-date enslavement. JB
1057 Actions Verbal Naming self
311 Cultural Issues Slavery Naming slaves
5051 Aesthetics Recurring Episodes Nancy confronts white man
3141 Themes and Motifs Objects Napkin
1685 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Napoleon
5217 Aesthetics Recurring Episodes Narcissa marries Bayard
5033 Aesthetics Recurring Episodes Narcissa's anonymous letters
3848 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Narcissus
411 Aesthetics (First level term) Narrative
4382 Aesthetics Narrative Narrative anomaly
4395 Aesthetics Narrative Narrative shift
2901 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Nashville, Tennessee
4941 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Natchez Trace
4325 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Natchez, Mississippi
4246 Cultural Issues Identity, Cultural National
1713 Cultural Issues Government National authority
474 Cultural Issues (First level term) Nationality
1600 Cultural Issues Race Native American

I added this in addition to the more specific Indian tribal identifications because I thought that it would be useful to have a larger umbrella term for users searching for Faulkner's Native American material. LW
4190 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Native American
1211 Cultural Issues Ethnicity Native American
1606 Aesthetics Diction Native American languages

I created this for "The Old People," 204.2, because the emphasis is on the "old tongue" that Sam Fathers speaks. LW
5599 Cultural Issues Race Native American stereotype
334 Environment (First level term) Natural
2549 Environment Auditory Nature

The sounds of nature, generally on a quiet night. JB
5152 Actions Bodily Nausea
3626 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Nausea
5489 Cultural Issues War Naval warfare
5686 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Nazi Party
5496 Themes and Motifs Money Need for
4288 Cultural Issues Education Need to be educated
1116 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Negation

This is the term for when the narrative suggests an image or action, but only in the act of denying it: "He was not crying." EP
4261 Themes and Motifs Home Neglect
1033 Actions Verbal Negotiation
5582 Environment Place Negro district
3030 Cultural Issues Education Negro education
4756 Cultural Issues Race Negro reporting white behavior
2203 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary Negro spirituals
4975 Cultural Issues History Negro troops
5025 Aesthetics Recurring Episodes Negro voting
4980 Cultural Issues Race Negro-lover
752 Relationships Social Neighbor
641 Aesthetics Style Neologism
930 Aesthetics Diction Neologism

This keyword can be used for terms and words invented by Faulkner, including portmanteau words, hyphenated words (e.g., "ax-squared"), non-hyphenated words (e.g., "deathcolored"), onomatopoeic words, or other similar constructions. Not all hyphenated words would qualify as a neologism, such as "mud-caked" or "three-foot-high" which are too commonplace to qualify as neologisms. -CR
2529 Cultural Issues Technology Neon
5507 Cultural Issues Progress Neon lights
4229 Relationships Familial Nepotism
5567 Cultural Issues Government Nepotism

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