The story is narrated by Quentin Compson, one of Faulkner's most memorable characters, and concerns the reactions of him and his two siblings, Caddy and Jason, to an adult world that they do not fully understand. Salinger, in his 1964 essay "A Salute to Whit Burnett" (the editor of Story Magazine, Burnett was Salinger's mentor whose class in short story writing at Columbia University he attended in 1939 and who was the first professional to publish one of his stories), said that it was Burnett's use of "That Evening Sun Gone Down" in the class that taught him the importance of the author's relationship with his "silent reader".[5]. Quentin narrates the story in the turn of the century, presumably at age twenty-four (although in The Sound and the Fury he commits suicide at age nineteen), telling of events that took place fifteen years before. Nancy stops making the sound when the children go down and stand with her until Mr. Compson comes back. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. In the original magazine publication of the story, his name was rendered as "Jubah. "That Evening Sun" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1931 on the collection These 13, which included Faulkner's most anthologized story, "A Rose for Emily". To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It begins with the line: "Lordy, how I hate to see that evening sun go down". Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits. Shepherd's Bush 17/06/11. The title implies that once the sun sets, death is sure to follow. There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. It is left ambiguous as to whether Nancy survives the night. Check out When That Evening Sun Goes Down by John "Papa" Gros on Amazon Music. He puts her up one night at Quentin and Caddy's room when she is too afraid to stay alone in the kitchen. [2], Faulkner first came across Handy's music when the latter played dances in Oxford, Mississippi. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Mr. Compson tries to help her up to a certain extent, first by taking her home at night despite the fact that Mrs. Compson feels jealous and insecure that her husband is more worried about protecting some "Negro woman" than herself. (03:13) Leeds 26/01/01. "That Evening Sun" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1931 on the collection These 13, which included Faulkner's most anthologized story, "A Rose for Emily".The story was originally published, in a slightly different form, as "That Evening Sun Go Down" in The American Mercury in March of the same year. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. Their father arrives and tries to talk some sense into Nancy, who fears Jesus will come out of the darkness of the ditch outside as soon as they go away. Videos. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. Try again. "A Salute to Whit Burnett", "That Evening Sun Go Down, by William Faulkner, THE AMERICAN MERCURY", "Faulkner's Short Stories: Faulkner's Short Stories | That Evening Sun | Book Summary & Study Guide | CliffsNotes", William Clark Falkner (great-grandfather), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=That_Evening_Sun&oldid=980915090, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 06:46. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. "[3], In manuscript form, the story was written from Nancy's perspective and titled "Never Done No Weeping When You Wanted to Laugh. Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads. The substitution of Jubah for Jesus likely was made for censorship reasons. When the evening sun goes down When the evening sun goes down. Handy, but popularized by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong in 1927. Salinger, J.D. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. "That Evening Sun" is a dark portrait of white Southerners' indifference to the crippling fears of one of their black employees, Nancy. "The Language of the Blues in Faulkner’s 'That Evening Sun.'" It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Though the song is never explicitly referenced in the text, Faulkner employs a number of blues tropes to structure the plot and develop racial stereotypes. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Bennett, Ken. Please do let me know if you see any live performance videos for this song on YouTube which haven't been listed below. The black washerwoman, Nancy Mannigoe, fears that her common-law husband Jesus is seeking to murder her because she is pregnant with a white man's child. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. One night she feels so impotent that she talks the kids into going home with her. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The Harwell Grice Band A Million Miles ℗ 2011 The Harwell Grice Band Released on: 2011-08-12 Auto-generated by YouTube. Check out When That Evening Sun Goes Down by Brett Dennen on Amazon Music. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.co.uk (UK). Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Thanks! [3] Scholar Ken Bennett notes that "the image of the 'evening sun' is a common one in black religious music. The children hear their father going down the back stairs and then hear Nancy ’s sound again “in the stairway.” They see that she is standing against the wall in the dark, her eyes appearing catlike. Mississippi Quarterly: The Journal of Southern Culture 38.3 (Summer 1985):339-42. Click here for the Discussion. Jason, the youngest, starts to cry. Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads. There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. The story ends as the father walks the children back—not the least bit affected by Nancy's situation, the kids still teasing each other and the father scolding them. As the narrative progresses, Nancy becomes crippled by her fear. At first Nancy is only worried about going home at night and running into Jesus, but later she is paralyzed with the fear that he will kill her, having delusions of him being hidden in a ditch outside her house. To what extent and in what ways we ought to read Nancy, Quentin, and the others as “the same” from appearance to appearance thus remain issues open for debate. Faulkner responded to a question about the story and the novel in Charlottesville by saying Nancy was “the same person, actually” in both texts, though he qualified his comment by adding, “These people I figure belong to me and I have the right to move them about in time when I need them” (FU79). Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. Nancy's bones appear in The Sound and the Fury, but she is resurrected entirely as a Nun in Requiem for a Nun. "[4], This story appears as "That Evening Sun Go Down" in The Best American Short Stories of the Century by John Updike, Katrina Kenison. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. However, in The Sound and the Fury, Benjy refers to Nancy's bones lying in the ditch, although she was "shot by Roskus" and it is implied that Nancy is the name of a horse. (03:04) See Also: Andy Kershaw session 24/07/02. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. Jesus, Nancy's common-law husband, suspects that she is pregnant with a white man's child and leaves her. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. The story was originally published, in a slightly different form, as "That Evening Sun Go Down" in The American Mercury in March of the same year.[1]. Check out When That Evening Sun Goes Down by Percy Gabriel and Martin Manuel Gabriel on Amazon Music. Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits. Quentin and his siblings witness all of this, given that they are present for every major conversation between their father and Nancy. ", J.D. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.co.uk (UK). Check out When That Evening Sun Goes Down by EVM on Amazon Music. The title is thought to be taken from the song Saint Louis Blues, originally composed by W.C. For example, the spiritual It's Gettin' Late Over in the Evenin', the Sun Most Down, based on Revelation 20, uses the image of the evening sun to suggest the coming of death and judgment. Try again. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The kids, however, have no idea of what's going on, and cannot understand Nancy's fear.

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