Gowan Stevens
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Gowan Stevens
Sort Name:
Stevens, Gowan
Parent:
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Major
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Stevens
Family (new):
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Monday, January 1, 1906 to Friday, December 31, 1909
Origin:
Yoknapatawpha
Other Texts:
Biography:
Gowan is a recent graduate of the University of Virginia, and likes to claim that he learned there both how to hold his liquor and how to be a gentleman. In fact, his inability either to stay sober or to act chivalrously proves disastrous for Temple, and he is last heard from sneaking off into exile from Yoknapatawpha. Requiem for a Nun (1951) is in part the story of Gowan's belated attempt to redeem himself.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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