American South

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You can't understand it. You would have to be born there.

William Faulkner

Absalom, Absalom!

On the South.

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American South

Author

William Faulkner

Source

Absalom, Absalom!

Medium

Novel

Genre

Southern Gothic

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Faulkner, William. Absalom, Absalom! Chelsea House Publishers, 1987, p. 85.

While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted.

Flannery O'Connor

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Topic

American South

Speaker

Flannery O'Connor

Source

Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

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Citation

O'Connor, Flannery. "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction." Dorothy Lamar Blount Lecture Series. 28 Oct. 1960, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA, USA.