Mississippi State Insane Asylum (Jackson) in As I Lay Dying (Location)

Submitted by jjoiner@keuka.edu on Tue, 2014-07-29 15:14
Text: 
As I Lay Dying
Location Key: 
Mississippi State Insane Asylum (Jackson)
Display Label: 
Jackson Asylum
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Text (when unambiguous)
Other Texts Location Appears In: 
"A Bear Hunt"
"Appendix: Compson"
"Uncle Willy"
The Sound and the Fury
The Town
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2315
Y: 
425
Description: 

The Mississippi State Insane Asylum - referred to simply as "Jackson" in the novel - was located in the city of Jackson until 1935. At the end of Darl's last section in the novel he either is or is imagining himself there: "in a cage in Jackson where, his grimed hands lying light in the quiet interstices, looking out he foams" (254).

Role: 
Site of Event
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Hospital

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