Lion of Judah; or, son of the morning Nat Turner as Christ imposter in William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner

Author

Daniel D. Clark, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Department Examiner

Herron, Arlie E.; Sanderlin, R. Reed, Barrow, Craig W.

Department

Dept. of English

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

William Styron's interest in the 1831 Nat Turner rebellion began during Styron's childhood and increased in importance as he Styron recalled reading a brief account of the uprising in a Virginia history textbook while in grammar school. This initial discovery gave birth to Styron's curiosity about Nat Turner. By the late forties Styron had read Thomas Gray's original Confessions of Nat Turner and had begun collecting historical documentation of the Turner revolt.

Degree

B. A.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Date

12-1993

Subject

Nat Turner's Rebellion, Virginia, 1831

Name

Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831; Styron, William, 1925-2006--Criticism and interpretation

Discipline

Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority

Document Type

Research papers

Extent

i, 44 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Call Number

LB2369.7 .C67 1993

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

Clark, Daniel D., "Lion of Judah; or, son of the morning Nat Turner as Christ imposter in William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner" (1993). Honors Theses.
https://scholar.utc.edu/honors-theses/559