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Antebellum South

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Thomas Sutpen: The Tragic Ambition of a Faulkner Dynasty

Thomas Sutpen: The Tragic Ambition of a Faulkner Dynasty In the landscape of William Faulkner's literary universe, few figures are as driven or as doomed as Thomas Sutpen. A central chara...

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Antebellum South: Economy, Society, and the Path to Civil War

Antebellum South: Economy, Society, and the Path to Civil War The Antebellum period—derived from the Latin ante bellum, meaning "before the war"—refers to the era in the Southern United S...

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