Themes and Motifs: Past Grander than present

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"Delta Autumn", 273 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference
Themes and Motifs: Past›Grander than present
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp
Flags in the Dust, 237 (Event)
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon
Actions: Verbal›Arguing
Cultural Issues: War›Aerial combat | War›Civil War | War›Return from war | War›World War I
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses | Past›Grander than present
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Narrative›Argument
Flags in the Dust, 55 (Event)
Environment: Atmospheric›Candlelight
Actions: Interaction, Social›Hosting
Cultural Issues: Slavery›Music
Themes and Motifs: Past›Grander than present
Go Down, Moses, 328 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Hunting and Fishing›Ritual
Themes and Motifs: Past›Grander than present | Story-telling›Hunting
Go Down, Moses, 333 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Hunting›Teaching
Cultural Issues: Age›Coming of age | Age›Rite of passage | History›Civil War as point of reference | Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Slavery›Miscegenation
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Deer | Memory›Remembering | Past›Grander than present | Recurring Tropes›Killing first deer/marked with blood | Values›Good conduct
Relationships: Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Faulkner text | Recurring Episodes›De Spain creates camp | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual | Symbolism›Blood | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Hamlet, 3 (Event)
Environment: Natural›Wilderness | Place›Decayed plantation
Cultural Issues: History›Civil War as point of reference | Progress›Clearing the land | Slavery›Quarters
Themes and Motifs: Past›Grander than present
The Reivers , 94 (Event)
Environment: Place›Brothel / Bordello | Public›Alley | Public›Road | Time of Year›Sunday
Actions: Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Prostitution | War›Civil War | War›Confederate Army | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Past›Grander than present
Relationships: Familial›Kinship
Aesthetics: Allusion, Historical›Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Narrative›Commentary | Narrative›Parentheses