| William Faulkner: Seeing Through the South Contributor(s): Matthews, John T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1405124814 ISBN-13: 9781405124812 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $95.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: This succinct, yet comprehensive account of William Faulkner's literary career, novels, and key short stories offers an imaginative topography of his efforts to reckon with his Southern past, to acknowledge its modernization, and to develop his own modernist method. Provides a brief but comprehensive account of Faulkner's literary career, through discussion of his novels and key short stories Offers an imaginative topography of Faulkner's efforts to reckon with his Southern past, to acknowledge its modernization, and to develop his own modernist method Draws on various specialized critical approaches including psychoanalytic, post-structuralist, feminist, and post-colonial theory Provides a coherent interpretation of the author's career, emphasizing Faulkner's receptivity to change, not just his critical resistance to it Places Faulkner's art in context while concentrating on textual detail, technique, and thematic preoccupations across his career |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| LCCN: 2008020118 |
| Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.32 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This succinct, yet comprehensive account of William Faulkner's literary career, novels, and key short stories offers an imaginative topography of his efforts to reckon with his Southern past, to acknowledge its modernization, and to develop his own modernist method. Drawing on various critical approaches, it provides a coherent interpretation of the author's career, emphasizing Faulkner's receptivity to change, not just his critical resistance to it. Now available in paperback, William Faulkner: Seeing Through the South places Faulkner's art in context while concentrating on textual detail, technique, and thematic preoccupations across his career. |
