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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Singal, Daniel Joseph, 1944- William Faulkner. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1997 (OCoLC)644012789 |
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| Named Person: | William Faulkner; William Faulkner; William Faulkner; William Faulkner |
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, Local government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Daniel Joseph Singal |
| ISBN: | 0807823554 9780807823552 |
| OCLC Number: | 36011705 |
| Description: | xii, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Progenitor: the first William Faulkner -- Poplars and peacocks, nymphs and fauns -- Fierce, small, and impregnably virginal -- Discovering Yoknapatawpha -- All things become shadowy paradoxical -- Into the void -- The making of a modernist identity: Light in August -- The dark house of southern history -- Ruthless and unbearable honesty -- Diminished powers: the writing of Go down, Moses. |
| Series Title: | Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies. |
| Responsibility: | Daniel J. Singal. |
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Abstract:
Through detailed analyses of individual texts, from the earliest poetry through Go Down, Moses, Singal traces Faulkner's attempt to liberate himself from the powerful and repressive Victorian culture in which he was raised by embracing the Modernist culture of the artistic avant-garde. Most important, it shows how Faulkner accommodated the conflicting demands of these two cultures by creating a set of dual identities - one, that of a Modernist author writing on the most daring and subversive issues of his day, and the other, that of a southern country gentleman loyal to the conservative mores of his community. It is in the clash between these two selves, Singal argues, that one finds the key to making sense of Faulkner.
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- Faulkner, William, -- 1897-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Modernism (Literature) -- Southern States.
- Faulkner, William, -- 1897-1962 -- Critique et interprétation.
- Modernisme (Littérature) -- États-Unis (Sud)
- Modernisme (cultuur)
- Faulkner, William, -- (1897-1962) -- Critique et interprétation.
- Modernisme (littérature) -- États-Unis.
- Faulkner, William.

