Author: Doreen FowlerPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617033841
Category : Humorous stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Faulkner and Humor
Author: Doreen FowlerPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617033841
Category : Humorous stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Faulkner's Artistic Vision
Author: Ryūichi YamaguchiPublisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838640142
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Although William Faulkner's imagination is often considered solely tragic, it actually blended what Faulkner himself called the bizarre and the terrible. Not only did Faulkner's vision encompass both comedy and tragedy; it perceived a latent humor in tragedy and vice versa. As a result, Faulkner's fiction is seldom simply comic or simply tragic. Faulkner's comedy incorporates tragedy and despair, and the humor in his novels may serve as well to intensify as to relieve a tragic or horrific effect. This study examines Faulkner's first nine novels, from Soldiers' Pay to Absalom, Absalom!, showing how humor is used to express theme: how it appears in the action, characters, and discourse of each novel; and how it contributes to the overall effect of each novel. In each case, even in the most pained and angry novels, Faulkner's practice of humor expresses his view that humor is an inseparable element of human experience. Ryuichi Yamaguchi is Professor of English and American literature at the Aichi University in Japan.
William Faulkner
Author: Charles Albert AllenFaulkner and Humor
Author: Doreen FowlerPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781604733921
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Essays that seek the humorous streak in the Nobel Laureate's output
William Faulkner: Comedy and the Purpose of Humor
Author: Charles A. AllenSociology Through Humor
Author: Joseph E. FaulknerPublisher: West Group
ISBN: 9780314284914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
A STUDY OF HUMOR IN THE FICTION OF WILLIAM FAULKNER
Author: Herman Oland WilsonFaulkner and Humor
Author: Doreen FowlerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780878052820
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life
Author: Faulkner FoxPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307420582
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
When Salon.com published Faulkner Fox’s article on motherhood, “What I Learned from Losing My Mind,” the response was so overwhelming that Salon reran the piece twice. The experience made Faulkner realize that she was not alone—that the country is full of women who are anxious and conflicted about their roles as mothers and wives. In Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life, her provocative, brutally honest, and often hilarious memoir of motherhood, Faulkner explores the causes of her unhappiness, as well as the societal and cultural forces that American mothers have to contend with. From the time of her first pregnancy, Faulkner found herself—and her body—scrutinized by doctors, friends, strangers, and, perhaps most of all, herself. In addition to the significant social pressures of raising the perfect child and being the perfect mom, Faulkner also found herself increasingly incensed by the unequal distribution of household labor and infuriated by the gender inequity in both her home and others’. And though she loves her children and her husband passionately, is thankful for her bountiful middle-class life, and feels wracked with guilt for being unhappy, she just can’t seem to experience the sense of satisfaction that she thought would come with the package. She’s finally got it all—the husband, the house, the kids, an interesting part-time job, even a few hours a week to write—so why does she feel so conflicted? Faulkner sheds light on the fear, confusion, and isolation experienced by many new mothers, mapping the terrain of contemporary domesticity, marriage, and motherhood in a voice that is candid, irreverent, and deeply personal, while always chronicling the unparalleled joy she and other mothers take in their children.
Author: Martha Clay Edmonds