Author: J. Robert BarthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Religious Perspectives in Faulkner's Fiction: Yoknapatawpha and Beyond
Author: J. Robert BarthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Faulkner's Short Fiction
Author: James FergusonPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870496950
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This comprehensive overview of William Faulkner's short fiction is a systematic study of this body of work, which Faulkner produced over a period of forty years. The author examines Faulkner's struggle to master the special problems posed by the genre. The book is organized topically. A chronological survey of Faulkner's career as a writer of short fiction is followed by chapters devoted to aspects of Faulkner's craft: thematic patterns, points of view, and other technical and formal patterns. The author offers a frank assessment of Faulkner's failures and successes as a writer of short fiction.
William Faulkner and the Materials of Writing
Author: Jonathan BerlinerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009222325
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
This book examines materials of writing in William Faulkner's novels and stories from parchment to typewriters, letters to telegrams.
William Faulkner
Author: Martin KreiswirthPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820333611
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Martin Kreiswirth challenges the accepted notion that The Sound and the Fury, Faulkner's fourth and possibly finest novel, represented an unprecedented turning point in the writer's literary career, a quantum leap in his imaginative development. He argues that Faulkner's earlier work, both published and unpublished, not only distinctly prefigured techniques, narrative strategies, and creative procedures used in the writing of his fourth novel, but also provided him with materials and methods to which he could return. Viewed in the context of his literary development, the author says, the writing of The Sound and the Fury constituted for Faulkner not so much a mysterious leap as a moment of initiation; it marks that crucial point in his career at which he revisited his past, saw it anew, and reworked it into his future. Focusing his attention on the works that preceded The Sound and the Fury--and specifically on the strategies and conventions that informed those works--Kreiswirth reassesses Faulkner's imaginative growth and offers new insights into the place and significance of The Sound and the Fury itself. He provides detailed analyses of such works as the New Orleans short fiction, the abandoned novel Elmer, Mosquitoes, Flags in the Dust, and particularly Faulkner's neglected first novel, Soldier's Pay. These texts are reexamined not only as anticipations of later developments but as literary achievements in their own right.
William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha
Author: Elizabeth Margaret KerrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Uses of the Past in the Novels of William Faulkner
Author: Carl RollysonPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504029917
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Originally selected by Faulkner scholars Blotner and Litz for their series on the author, this pathbreaking monograph contains a comprehensive and provocative discussion of Faulkner’s historical vision. Drawing on the rich literature of historiography (including the writings of R. G. Collingwood and Herbert Butterfield), and on a wide-ranging body of scholarship on the historical novel (including discussions of Scott, Thackeray, and Conrad), Rollyson shrewdly probes Faulkner’s dynamic and changing uses of the past. Also taking advantage of his own work as a biographer, Rollyson has updated, revised, and expanded his original book—extending his dialogue with recent Faulkner critics.
A William Faulkner Encyclopedia
Author: Robert W. HamblinPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313007462
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Sometimes called the American Shakespeare, William Faulkner is known for providing poignant and accurate renderings of the human condition, creating a world of colorful characters in his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, and writing in a style that is both distinct and demanding. Though he is known as a Southern writer, his appeal transcends regional and even national boundaries. Since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950, he has been the subject of more than 5,000 scholarly books and articles. Academic interest in his career has been matched by popular acclaim, with some of his works adapted for the cinema. This reference is an authoritative guide to Faulkner's life, literature, and legacy. The encyclopedia includes nearly 500 alphabetically arranged entries for topics related to Faulkner and his world. Included are entries for his works and major characters and themes, as well as the literary and cultural contexts in which his texts were conceived, written, and published. There are also entries for relatives, friends, and other persons important to Faulkner's biography; historical events, persons, and places; social and cultural developments; and literary and philosophical terms and movements. The entries are written by expert contributors who bring a broad range of perspectives and experience to their analysis of his work. Entries typically conclude with suggestions for further reading, and the volume closes with a bibliography and detailed index.
Critical Companion to William Faulkner
Author: A. Nicholas FargnoliPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438108591
Category : Mississippi
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
As I Lay Dying; Light in August; The Sound and the Fury; Absalom, Absalom!; "The Bear"; and many others.
Reading Faulkner's Best Short Stories
Author: Hans H. SkeiPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570032868
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Reading Faulkner's Best Short Stories provides readers with an introduction to Faulkner as a short story writer and offers close readings of twelve of his best short stories selected on the basis of literary quality as representatives of his most successful achievements within the genre.
Christianity and Literature
Author: David Lyle JeffreyPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830868402
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
"What has Jesus Christ to do with English literature?" ask David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory Maillet in this insightful survey. First and foremost, they reply, many of the world's best authors of literature in English were formed--for better or worse--by the Christian tradition. Then too, many of the most recognized aesthetic literary forms derive from biblical exemplars. And finally, many great works of literature demand of readers evaluative judgments of the good, the true and the beautiful that can only rightly be understood within a Christian worldview. In this book Jeffrey and Maillet offer a feast of theoretical and practical discernment. After an examination of literature and truth, theological aesthetics, and the literary character of the Bible, they turn to a brief survey of literature from medieval times to the present, highlighting distinctively Christian themes and judgments. In a concluding chapter they suggest a path for budding literary critics through the current state of literary studies. Here is a must-read for all who are interested in a Christian perspective on literary studies.