| Faulkner's Gambit: Chess and Literature 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Wainwright, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349341630 ISBN-13: 9781349341634 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 222 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers the first full-length study of the chess structures, motifs, and imagery in William Faulkner's Knight's Gambit . Wainwright looks at the importance of chess as a literary device and examines the structural analogy drawn between the game and linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure. |
