Delta Autumn

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Delta Autumn is a short story by William Faulkner, set in the American South and exploring themes of race, family, and moral decay within the broader Yoknapatawpha County saga.

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Delta Autumn canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story
author William Faulkner
authorNationality American
centralConflict clash between personal morality and racist social norms
containsMotif hunting trip
wilderness versus civilization
countryOfOrigin United States
explores Southern social codes
decline of the Southern aristocracy
interracial relationships
legacy of slavery
featuresCharacter Ike McCaslin
linked to: Isaac McCaslin

Roth Edmonds
Unnamed mixed‑race woman
firstPublicationForm short story collection
genre fiction
short fiction
hasFictionalUniverse Yoknapatawpha County
language English
literaryMovement Southern Gothic
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
narrativePerspective third-person narration
partOf Yoknapatawpha County saga
linked to: Yoknapatawpha saga
portrays aging and disillusionment
tension between past and present in the South
protagonist Ike McCaslin
linked to: Isaac McCaslin
relatedCycle McCaslin family stories
relatedWork Go Down, Moses
The Bear
Was
setting American South
Yoknapatawpha County
theme family
guilt
miscegenation
moral decay
race
racism
responsibility
tradition versus change
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century

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Go Down, Moses hasPart Delta Autumn
Go Down, Moses notableStory Delta Autumn
McCaslin family appearsInWork Delta Autumn
The Fire and the Hearth relatedWork Delta Autumn
Isaac McCaslin appearsIn Delta Autumn
McCaslin plantation appearsIn Delta Autumn