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Requiem for a Nun
''Requiem for a Nun'' is a work of fiction written by William Faulkner which was first published in 1951. It is a sequel to Faulkner's early novel ''Sanctuary'', which introduced the characters of Temple Drake, her friend (later husband) Gowan Stevens, and Gowan's uncle Gavin Stevens. The events in ''Requiem'' are set in Faulkner's fictional Yoknapatawpha County and Jackson, Mississippi, in November 1937 and March 1938, eight years after the events of ''Sanctuary''. In ''Requiem'', Temple, now married with a child, must learn to deal with her violent, turbulent past as related in ''Sanctuary''.
''Requiem'', originally published in book form, was later adapted for the stage. It was also a co-source, along with ''Sanctuary'', for the 1961 film ''Sanctuary''.
==Form and theme==
Like many of Faulkner's works, ''Requiem'' experiments with narrative technique; the book is part novel, part play. The main narrative, which is presented in dramatic form, is interspersed with prose sections recounting the history of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. Each prose section focuses on a specific institution (the courthouse, state house, and jailhouse respectively) that serves as the setting for the following dramatic section of the story.
The major theme of ''Requiem'' concerns spiritual redemption for past evil deeds through suffering and the recognition of one's guilt.〔 The word "nun" in the title refers to the character Nancy, a prostitute convicted of murder, and has been understood to carry both its Elizabethan-era slang meaning of a prostitute, and its contemporary meaning of a woman who sacrifices herself to save sinners.〔
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