Keywords
Term ID | Vocabulary |
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Term | Description |
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2027 | Environment | Place | Smokehouse | |
2037 | Environment | Place | Medical practice |
Any place where "doctoring" is practiced whether that is formal, as with Peabody, or more informal. JB |
2044 | Environment | Place | River-bottom | |
2049 | Environment | Place | Moon | |
2050 | Environment | Place | Mars | |
2125 | Environment | Place | Vacant lot | |
2139 | Environment | Place | Power Plant | |
2157 | Environment | Place | Lonelier parts of town |
Term for when a text makes reference to parts of town with fewer people or streets -- outskirts, edge of town, "less frequented" (as in "Miss Zilphia Gant"), and so forth. JBP |
2233 | Environment | Place | Railroad | |
2274 | Environment | Place | Motordrome | |
2399 | Environment | Place | Brothel / Bordello | |
2430 | Environment | Place | Hotel kitchen | |
2449 | Environment | Place | Graveyard | |
2538 | Environment | Place | Fishing camp | |
2543 | Environment | Place | Outlaw country |
On a number of occasions, Faulkner makes reference to stretches of outlaw country. Places where illegal and illicit practices transpire, but there is no enforcement by local or federal authority. This is particular in reference to Frenchman's Bend in the Hamlet, but also Ballenbaugh's historic emergence in the Reivers. JB |
2561 | Environment | Place | Paducah | |
2732 | Environment | Place | Church | |
2766 | Environment | Place | Saloon | |
2805 | Environment | Place | Road | |
2894 | Environment | Place | Spring | |
2960 | Environment | Place | Speakeasy | |
3058 | Environment | Place | Official office | |
3205 | Environment | Place | Ghetto | |
3783 | Environment | Place | Stone wall | |
3890 | Environment | Place | Cemetery | |
3898 | Environment | Place | Houses | |
3899 | Environment | Place | Lawns | |
3918 | Environment | Place | Bakery | |
3941 | Environment | Place | Drugstore / pharmacy | |
4021 | Environment | Place | Indian mound | |
4059 | Environment | Place | Greenbury hotel | |
4247 | Environment | Place | Shrubbery | |
4558 | Environment | Place | Well|Wellhouse | |
4613 | Environment | Place | Decayed plantation | |
4623 | Environment | Place | Bedroom | |
4653 | Environment | Place | Lavatory | |
4665 | Environment | Place | Decayed house | |
4667 | Environment | Place | Gate | |
4697 | Environment | Place | Courtroom | |
4719 | Environment | Place | Park | |
4794 | Environment | Place | Hovel | |
4804 | Environment | Place | Dirt lane | |
4834 | Environment | Place | Campsite | |
4838 | Environment | Place | Stable | |
4840 | Environment | Place | Military camp | |
4843 | Environment | Place | Haystack | |
4873 | Environment | Place | Commisary | |
4874 | Environment | Place | Newspaper office | |
4897 | Environment | Place | Tent | |
4943 | Environment | Place | Old Jefferson | |
4944 | Environment | Place | Okatoba | |
4946 | Environment | Place | Indian agency | |
4957 | Environment | Place | History |
I created this keyword to depict when a history of a specific location is given whether it is the jail in Jefferson or the McCaslin planation. JJ |
4983 | Environment | Place | Yoknapatawpha Beat | |
4984 | Environment | Place | Mill | |
4988 | Environment | Place | Quarters | |
4995 | Environment | Place | School, segregated | |
5000 | Environment | Place | Blacksmith shop | |
5130 | Environment | Place | Sheriff's office | |
5150 | Environment | Place | Orphanage | |
5181 | Environment | Place | Monastery | |
5202 | Environment | Place | Seminary | |
5221 | Environment | Place | Boundary | |
5258 | Environment | Place | Gambling house | |
5368 | Environment | Place | Cotillion Club | |
5400 | Environment | Place | Artist's studio | |
5484 | Environment | Place | Factory|Plant | |
5513 | Environment | Place | Pawn shop | |
5582 | Environment | Place | Negro district | |
5608 | Environment | Place | Slave market | |
5667 | Environment | Place | Country club | |
937 | Actions | Play | Gambling | |
1289 | Actions | Play | School recess | |
1858 | Actions | Play | Historical recreation | |
1955 | Actions | Play | Poker | |
2074 | Actions | Play | Card playing |
Added for moments when it is unclear if (a) the game is poker, or (b) if gambling is occurring. -JBP |
2192 | Actions | Play | Children playing | |
2205 | Actions | Play | Sports Golf | |
2480 | Actions | Play | Playing in water |
For when people (usually children) are playing (splashing, etc.) in water - a creek or branch - as in The Sound and the Fury. Distinct from "swimming" per se. JBP |
2729 | Actions | Play | Checkers | |
2730 | Actions | Play | Chess | |
3401 | Actions | Play | Polo | |
3469 | Actions | Play | Tennis | |
3591 | Actions | Play | Sports Crew / rowing | |
3777 | Actions | Play | Betting | |
3840 | Actions | Play | Sport-fencing | |
4175 | Actions | Play | Joking around | |
4225 | Actions | Play | Prank | |
4723 | Actions | Play | Fireworks | |
5248 | Actions | Play | Athletic competition | |
716 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Voting | |
1050 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Presidential administration | |
1066 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Election | |
1216 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Taxes | |
1794 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Republicanism | |
1849 | Cultural Issues | Politics | City government | |
2576 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Republican |
In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB |
2577 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Democrat |
In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB |
2578 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Liberal |
In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB |
2579 | Cultural Issues | Politics | Conservative |
In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB |