Aesthetics: Tone Overwrought

Description

This label is as subjective as it is possibly contentious, yet I have created for those instances in which the tone appears too highfalutin, philosophical, or otherwise "fancy" in relation to the subject matter at hand. The specific example, is from The Reivers when Lucius Priest constantly reflects on his younger self in mock-epic fashion to describe his battles with "Virtue". JB

Parent Term

Tone

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Tagged Events

"Fool About a Horse", 128 (Event)

Environment: Public›Alley

Actions: Emotional›Despair

Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Wanting a drink

Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Community›Crowd | Memory›Not remember

Aesthetics: Tone›Overwrought

Flags in the Dust, 288 (Event)

Environment: Natural›Moon | Time of Year›Fall

Actions: Agricultural›Ginning cotton | Bodily›Singing | Economic›Share-cropping|Tenantry | Movement›Car | Work›Milling

Cultural Issues: History›Reconstruction | Labor›Farming | Land-Use›Cotton farming | Race›Stereotype mule

Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules | Art›African American music

Relationships: Interspecies›Man-mule

Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Homer | Diction›Racist term | Tone›Overwrought

Flags in the Dust, 310 (Event)

Environment: Atmospheric›Firelight | Time of Day›Noon

Actions: Interaction, Social›Marriage | Legal›Divorce | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Embrace / hugging

Themes and Motifs: Naming›Nickname | Recurring Tropes›Fire on the hearth

Relationships: Familial›Brother-sister

Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Reno, Nevada | Allusion, Mythical›Lethe | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Dots

The Reivers , 130 (Event)

Themes and Motifs: Values›Virtue

Aesthetics: Narrative›Second-person directed | Tone›Overwrought

The Reivers , 141 (Event)

Environment: Atmospheric›Dark | Auditory›Murmur | Olfactory›Urine | Public›Train Station/Train depot | Time of Day›Night

Actions: Emotional›Jealousy | Emotional›Worry | Movement›Train | Physical›Loading

Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Cotton | Agriculture›Husbandry | Progress›Infrastructure | Race›Hierarchical

Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse | Values›Virtue

Aesthetics: Description›Eyes | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Overwrought | Typography/Orthography›Italics

The Sound and the Fury, 106 (Event)

Environment: Olfactory›Flowers | Place›Sawmill

Actions: Communication›Letter | Interaction, Private›Seducing | Mental›Imagining | Moral›Scheming | Physical›Meddling | Verbal›Conversation | Verbal›Storytelling | Violent›Throwing downstairs

Cultural Issues: Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›British nobility | Class›Elite | Clothes›Silk | Cultural Identity›North vs South | Cultural Identity›Southern identity | Education›Divinity school | Food›Pumpkin pie | Gender›Bitch | Gender›Lady | Gender›Maternal impulse | Gender›Southern woman | History›Confederacy / Confederate States of America / C.S.A. | Race›Black family working for white | Race›Subservient / Obsequious to whites | Region›The South | Slavery›Galley slave

Themes and Motifs: Objects›Flower orchid | Objects›Handkerchief | Objects›Shotgun | Recurring Tropes›Sole owner and proprietor | Recurring Tropes›Twilight | Story-telling›Communal mythology

Relationships: Familial›Mother-son | Friendship›College companions / classmates | Interracial›Master-servant | Social›Homoerotic