Anselm Holland I

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2019-07-31 13:36
Character Key Number: 
734
Display Name: 
Anselm Holland I
Sort Name: 
Holland, Anselm I
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In "Smoke," the older Anselm Holland is what the people of Yoknapatawpha consider an "outlander" (4) - i.e. someone who was not only born outside the county, but who remains estranged from the community no matter how long he or she lives there. Of an unremittingly violent, misanthropic, and crass nature, he alienates his sons, desecrates the graves in the Mardis Cemetery, and allows his sons’ rightful inheritance of farm and house to go to ruin for spite.

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