Light in August
E145072
Light in August is a 1932 novel by William Faulkner that interweaves the lives of several characters in the American South to explore themes of identity, race, and moral decay.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Light in August canonical | 12 |
| Light in August (1976 film) | 1 |
| Light in August – religion | 1 |
| “Light in August” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1269204 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Light in August Context triple: [William Faulkner, notableWork, Light in August]
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A.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe’s acclaimed 1929 coming-of-age novel that follows the turbulent youth of Eugene Gant in a fictionalized North Carolina town.
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B.
Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 film adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel, notable as a socially conscious crime drama addressing racism in the American South.
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C.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a seminal 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston that follows the life and self-discovery of Janie Crawford in the early 20th-century American South.
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D.
Going to Meet the Man
Going to Meet the Man is a 1965 short story collection by James Baldwin that explores themes of race, violence, sexuality, and power in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury is a landmark modernist novel by William Faulkner, renowned for its experimental narrative structure and stream-of-consciousness portrayal of the declining Compson family in the American South.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Light in August Target entity description: Light in August is a 1932 novel by William Faulkner that interweaves the lives of several characters in the American South to explore themes of identity, race, and moral decay.
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A.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel is Thomas Wolfe’s acclaimed 1929 coming-of-age novel that follows the turbulent youth of Eugene Gant in a fictionalized North Carolina town.
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B.
Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust is a 1949 film adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel, notable as a socially conscious crime drama addressing racism in the American South.
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C.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a seminal 1937 novel by Zora Neale Hurston that follows the life and self-discovery of Janie Crawford in the early 20th-century American South.
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D.
Going to Meet the Man
Going to Meet the Man is a 1965 short story collection by James Baldwin that explores themes of race, violence, sexuality, and power in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury is a landmark modernist novel by William Faulkner, renowned for its experimental narrative structure and stream-of-consciousness portrayal of the declining Compson family in the American South.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | television film ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner ⓘ |
| character |
Byron Bunch
ⓘ
Joanna Burden ⓘ Lucas Burch ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| exploresTheme |
alienation
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gender ⓘ identity ⓘ moral decay ⓘ race ⓘ racism ⓘ religion ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
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modernist novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Light in August
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Light in August (1976 film)
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| hasISBN | 978-0-679-73225-9 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
light and darkness
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lynching ⓘ outsider figure ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ |
| includedInList |
Modern Library 100 Best Novels (reader's list)
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surface form:
Modern Library 100 best novels
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| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
key text in Southern Gothic tradition
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major work of William Faulkner ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gail Hightower
ⓘ
Joe Christmas ⓘ Lena Grove ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | shifting third-person viewpoints ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multiple interwoven storylines ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 500 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Yoknapatawpha saga
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surface form:
Yoknapatawpha County novels
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| publicationDate | 1932 ⓘ |
| publisher | Smith & Haas ⓘ |
| setInFictionalPlace |
Jefferson, Mississippi
ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| setInRegion |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
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| timeSpanOfAction | several weeks in late summer ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | quality of August light in the American South ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Light in August Description of subject: Light in August is a 1932 novel by William Faulkner that interweaves the lives of several characters in the American South to explore themes of identity, race, and moral decay.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Light in August (1976 film)
subject surface form:
Yocona River
subject surface form:
Yoknapatawpha River
this entity surface form:
Light in August – religion