Opis: Companion to William Faulkner - R Moreland

This comprehensive Companion to William Faulkner reflects the current dynamic state of Faulkner studies. * Explores the contexts, criticism, genres and interpretations of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist. * Comprises original essays written by leading scholars. * Guides readers through the plethora of critical approaches to Faulkner over the past few decades. * Exemplifies current Faulkner scholarship, as well as critically reflecting on previous interpretations. "Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty." ChoiceNotes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Richard C. Moreland. Part I: Contexts:. 1. A Difficult Economy: Faulkner and the Poetics of Plantation Labor: Richard Godden (University of Sussex). 2. "We're Trying Hard as Hell to Free Ourselves": Southern History and Race in the Making of William Faulkner's Literary Terrain: Grace Elizabeth Hale (University of Virginia) and Robert Jackson (University of Virginia). 3. A Loving Gentleman and the Corncob Man: Faulkner, Gender, Sexuality, and The Reivers: Anne Goodwyn Jones (University of Mississippi). 4. "C'est Vraiment Degueulasse": Meaning and Ending in A bout de souffle and If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem: Catherine Gunther Kodat (Hamilton College). 5. The Synthesis of Marx and Freud in Recent Faulkner Criticism: Michael Zeitlin (University of British Columbia). 6. Faulkner's Lives: Jay Parini (Middlebury College). Part II: Questions:. 7. Reflections on Language and Narrative: Owen Robinson (University of Essex). 8. Race as Fact and Fiction in William Faulkner: Barbara Ladd (Emory University). 9. "Why Are You So Black?" Faulkner's Whiteface Minstrels, Primitivism, and Perversion: John N. Duvall (Purdue University). 10. Shifting Sands: The Myth of Class Mobility: Julia Leyda (Sophia University, Tokyo). 11. Faulkner's Families: Arthur F. Kinney (University of Massachusetts). 12. Changing the Subject of Place in Faulkner: Cheryl Lester (University of Kansas). 13. The State: Ted Atkinson (Augusta State University). 14. Violence in Faulkner's Major Novels: Lothar Honnighausen (University of Bonn). 15. An Impossible Resignation: William Faulkner's Post-Colonial Imagination: Sean Latham (University of Tulsa). 16. Religion: Desire and Ideology: Leigh Anne Duck (University of Memphis). 17. Cinematic Fascination in Light in August: Peter Lurie (University of Richmond). 18. Faulkner's Brazen Yoke: Pop Art, Modernism, and the Myth of the Great Divide: Vincent Allan King (Black Hills State University). Part III: Genres and Forms:. 19. Faulkner's Genre Experiments: Thomas L. McHaney (author). 20. "Make It New": Faulkner and Modernism: Philip Weinstein (Swarthmore College). 21. Faulkner's Versions of Pastoral, Gothic, and the Sublime: Susan V. Donaldson (College of William and Mary). 22. Faulkner, Trauma, and the Uses of Crime Fiction: Greg Forter (University of South Carolina). 23. William Faulkner's Short Stories: Hans H. Skei (University of Oslo). 24. Faulkner's Non-Fiction: Noel Polk (Mississippi State University). 25. Faulkner's Texts: Noel Polk (Mississippi State University). Part IV: Sample Readings:. 26. "By It I Would Stand or Fall": Life and Death in As I Lay Dying: Donald M. Kartiganer (University of Mississippi). 27. Faulkner and the Southern Arts of Mystification in Absalom, Absalom!: John Carlos Rowe (University of Southern California). 28. "The Cradle of Your Nativity": Codes of Class Culture and Southern Desire in Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy: Evelyn Jaffe Schreiber (George Washington University). Part V: After Faulkner:. 29. "He Doth Bestride the Narrow World Like a Colossus": Faulkner's Critical Reception: Timothy P. Caron (California State University). 30. Faulkner, Latin America, and the Caribbean: Influence, Politics, and Academic Disciplines: Deborah Cohn (Indiana University). 31. Faulkner's Continuance: Patrick O'Donnell (Michigan State University). Index

Szczegóły: Companion to William Faulkner - R Moreland

Tytuł: Companion to William Faulkner
Autor: R Moreland
Producent: Blackwell Science
ISBN: 9781405122245
Rok produkcji: 2006
Ilość stron: 552
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 1.1 kg

Recenzje: Companion to William Faulkner - R Moreland