Tag: The Known World
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Life, Death, and Times in Edward P. Jones’ “The Known World”
What interested me most about The Known World was how Jones maintained a sense of tension between time on both the profane and celestial levels through his deceased protagonist Henry Townsend and the supporting character, Townsend’s slave, Moses. While the novel centers on Henry Townsend, a former slave, who upon gaining his freedom purchases slaves…