What is the author's style in The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron?

William Styron's writing style is filled with flowery prose and a penchant for speech-making. Dialogue scarcely exists, and most of the words uttered by Styron's characters are written in the form of speeches. Monologue, not dialogue, is the author's preferred method of giving voice to his characters. When his characters do engage in dialogue, however, Styron writes it as it might truly have sounded in Nat Turner's day, using the intonations and inflections characteristic of the poorly educated slaves as well as the more refined Southern drawl of the plantation owners.