That Evening Sun Summary
William Faulkner

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That Evening Sun Summary

William Faulkner's story "That Evening Sun" is the story of three children's reactions to an adult world that they do not fully understand. It is a dark portrait of white Southerners' indifference to the crippling fears of one of their black employees. It is also an exploration of terror, vengeance, and solitude. In the story, the African-American washerwoman Nancy fears that her common-law husband, Jesus, is seeking to murder her because she is...

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William Faulkner Biographies (6)

William (Cuthbert) Faulkner

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William Faulkner is considered by many readers to have been America's greatest modern writer. His fiction satisfies the critical demands that writing be inventive and invigorating, as ready to releas... Read more

William (Cuthbert) Faulkner

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In explaining the comic side of William Faulkner's fiction, it soon becomes apparent how indivisible it is from the tragic side and how the two are almost inextricably intertwined. Early critics who m... Read more

William (Cuthbert) Faulkner

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William Faulkner, one of the great American novelists of the twentieth century, was also a screenwriter. The first of four brothers, he was born in New Albany, Mississippi, the son of Murry Cuthbert a... Read more

William (Cuthbert) Faulkner

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William Faulkner was first and foremost a novelist, and much of his achievement in the short-story form is closely related to his accomplishment as a novelist. This does not necessarily imply that hi... Read more

William Faulkner

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William Faulkner (1897-1962), a major American 20th-century novelist, chronicled the decline and decay of the aristocratic South with an imaginative power and psychological depth that transcend mere r... Read more

William Faulkner

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Comparing Female Protagonists in That Evening Sun and A Field of Wheat

1,288 words, approx. 5 pages

In Faulkner's "That Evening Sun" and Ross's "A Field of Wheat", we see both female protagonists victimized by their environment. In "That Evening Sun", we see Nancy as a victim of the racially disc... Read more

That Evening Sun, a Review

894 words, approx. 3 pages

William Faulkner is often considered to be the greatest writer in the America history. His fame rests largely on his novels, especially for his closely examination of the southern culture. "That eveni... Read more

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