The Resource The confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron
The confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron
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- Summary
- In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. William Styron's ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner's confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. Encompasses the betrayals, cruelties and humiliations that made up slavery - and that still sear the collective psyches of both races
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 432 p.
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Random House, 1967; London: Jonathan Cape, 1968
- Isbn
- 9780099285564
- Label
- The confessions of Nat Turner
- Title
- The confessions of Nat Turner
- Statement of responsibility
- William Styron
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- trueTurner's Slave Revolt, Southampton, Virginia, 1831
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueTurner, Nat, 1800?-1831
- trueRace relations
- trueAfrican American clergy
- trueAntebellum America (1820-1861) -- 1820 -- 1861
- Slave insurrections -- Virginia -- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction
- trueSlave resistance and revolts
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Fiction
- trueSlavery -- Virginia
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. William Styron's ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner's confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. Encompasses the betrayals, cruelties and humiliations that made up slavery - and that still sear the collective psyches of both races
- Summary
- Gives an account, based on the true story of a slave rebellion in 1831, of a noble man's moral decline
- Award
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1968.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 058166
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1925-2006
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Styron, William
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Slaves
- Slave insurrections
- Virginia
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Random House, 1967; London: Jonathan Cape, 1968
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061684033
- Dimensions
- 20cm.
- Extent
- 432 p.
- Isbn
- 9780099285564
- Isbn Type
- (pbk)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)59262241
- Label
- The confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Random House, 1967; London: Jonathan Cape, 1968
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061684033
- Dimensions
- 20cm.
- Extent
- 432 p.
- Isbn
- 9780099285564
- Isbn Type
- (pbk)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)59262241
Subject
- trueAfrican American clergy
- trueAntebellum America (1820-1861) -- 1820 -- 1861
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueRace relations
- Slave insurrections -- Virginia -- Fiction
- trueSlave resistance and revolts
- trueSlavery -- Virginia
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Fiction
- trueTurner's Slave Revolt, Southampton, Virginia, 1831
- trueTurner, Nat, 1800?-1831
- Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction
Genre
- trueBiographical fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
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