Keywords

Term IDsort descending Vocabulary Parent Term Description
3337 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary Lancelot
3338 Actions Physical Driving
3339 Actions Movement Hurrying
3340 Aesthetics Allusion, Literary Poem "Kubla Khan"
3341 Themes and Motifs Objects Dresser
3342 Cultural Issues Materialism Machinery or mechanical references

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
3343 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Galilee
3344 Environment Natural Body of water

For when a text refers to a pond, lake, or sea (as in Sea of Galilee or other inland bodies of water). JBP
3345 Cultural Issues History American historical myths
3346 Themes and Motifs Time Timelessness
3347 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Legends in American history
3348 Aesthetics Allusion, Biblical Jesus walking on water
3349 Cultural Issues Sexuality Preventing or avoiding sex
3350 Themes and Motifs Philosophical Existentialism
3351 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Saint Louis Fair of 1904 / Louisiana Purchase Exposition
3352 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Niagara Falls
3353 Themes and Motifs Objects Jewelry Charm
3354 Themes and Motifs Objects Opera glass
3355 Cultural Issues Entertainment Ferris wheel
3356 Cultural Issues Progress Skyscraper
3357 Themes and Motifs Objects Peep-hole viewer / Stanhope
3358 Cultural Issues Entertainment World's Fair
3359 Cultural Issues Materialism Americana
3360 Cultural Issues Materialism Souvenir
3361 Cultural Issues Food Leftovers
3362 Actions Verbal Explaining
3363 Actions Physical Loading
3364 Themes and Motifs Objects Broken glass
3365 Themes and Motifs Objects Towel
3366 Actions Economic Offering to buy
3367 Cultural Issues Education Being well read / erudite
3368 Aesthetics Narrative Mid-sentence insertion of another thought
3369 Aesthetics Narrative Resumption of sentence after interruption
3370 Actions Communication Addressing for mail delivery
3371 Actions Bodily Shaving
3372 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Cloud
3373 Aesthetics Language Ha ha ha
3374 Cultural Issues Law Abuse of office
3375 Environment Olfactory Ether
3376 Aesthetics Language Haw haw haw
3377 Environment Olfactory Excrement
3378 Actions Violent Slapping
3379 Actions Verbal Predicting
3380 Environment Domestic Space Paddock
3381 Environment Auditory Owls
3382 Themes and Motifs Community Local legends

I created this term in response to the local legend of Melisandre Backus Harriss that Chick inherits in "Knight's Gambit."--LW
3383 Actions Verbal Garrulousness

Created for Gavin Stevens--LW
3384 Relationships Marital Arranged
3385 Themes and Motifs Objects New car
3386 Cultural Issues Technology Running water
3387 Actions Violent Beating
3388 Actions Emotional Shock
3389 Actions Emotional Rage
3390 Actions Verbal Instructing
3391 Actions Emotional Triumph
3392 Actions Emotional Sympathy
3393 Actions Legal Bailing out
3394 Actions Economic Indebtedness
3395 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Change of environment

Created for people like Melisandre Backus Harriss's children who relocate to Europe for their health.--LW
3396 Environment Olfactory Tobacco
3397 Environment Olfactory Benzene
3398 Environment Olfactory Shaving lotion
3399 Environment Olfactory Starch
3400 Actions Emotional Gratitude
3401 Actions Play Polo
3402 Themes and Motifs Objects Cards
3403 Aesthetics Figures of Speech Armor
3404 Aesthetics Narrative Irony
3405 Environment Public Post office
3406 Actions Communication Sending mail
3407 Themes and Motifs Community Parade
3408 Cultural Issues War Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R.
3409 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Columbus, Christopher
3410 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Garibaldi, Giuseppe
3411 Themes and Motifs Community Decoration Day
3412 Cultural Issues Clothes Hat, stovepipe
3413 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Italian flag
3414 Actions Bodily Shaking
3415 Actions Verbal Consoling
3416 Themes and Motifs Absence/Loss Blame
3417 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Vitality
3418 Themes and Motifs Recurring Tropes Stillness
3419 Themes and Motifs Death Liminal

For events in which the boundary between life and death is blurred, such as when Dewey Dell describes her father as looking "like right after the maul hits the steer and it no longer alive and dont yet know that it is dead." EKP
3420 Cultural Issues Health and Illness Abortion
3421 Aesthetics Description Delayed decoding

Used in instances when the initial description of an object is ambiguous or defamiliarized, and the narrative only later clarifies exactly what was being described. For example, in _Flags in the Dust_, a clarinet is initially described as "a slender tube frosted over with keys" (143). BR
3422 Cultural Issues Entertainment Traditional music
3423 Aesthetics Allusion, Mythical Cerberus
3424 Actions Verbal Monologue
3425 Aesthetics Allusion, Biblical Three score and ten
3426 Themes and Motifs Psychological Disembodiment
3427 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Brest
3428 Themes and Motifs Objects Ship
3429 Environment Natural Fire
3430 Aesthetics Allusion, Geographical Venice
3431 Themes and Motifs Objects Vase
3432 Cultural Issues War Noncombatant
3433 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Beauregard, P. G. T.
3434 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Johnston, Joseph E.
3435 Aesthetics Allusion, Historical Hinson, Jack
3436 Cultural Issues War Peace

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