This novel prompted a heated debate between its author and Herbert Aptheker in the pages ofThe Nation.
This novel prompted a heated debate between its author and Herbert Aptheker in the pages ofThe Nation. One of its characters teaches himself to read with John Bunyan's The Life and Death ofMr. Badman. Its title character has stones thrown at him as he baptizes Ethelred Brantley. Theprotagonist of this work watches as his mother Lou Ann is raped by McBride, and fends off a sexualassault from the Baptist preacher Reverend Eppes. That protagonist has his commitment to celibacytested by Margaret Whitehead, whom he kills after being called weak by Will. The protagonist of thisnovel (*) tells his story to his court appointed lawyer T.R. Gray as he awaits his execution in SouthamptonCounty For 10 points, name this William Styron novel about the leader of a Virginia slave rebellion.
This novel prompted a heated debate between its author and Herbert Aptheker in the pages ofThe Nation.
The Confessions of Nat Turner