Faulkner's Text as a Work of Mourning
Nehama Baker
Broschiertes Buch

Faulkner's Text as a Work of Mourning

Elements of Elegy in Faulkner s As I Lay Dying, Absalom, Absalom!, and Requiem for a Nun

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The book offers a reading of Faulkner s novels through the prism of elegy, in an attempt to solve the as yet unsettled clash between Faulkner s dark subject matter and the wonderful poetry used for its narration. Diverting the focus of attention from the dominant tragic elements in Faulkner s novels to the antithetical voice of peaceful elegy hidden beyond them, it exposes unexpected continuities between traditional elegy and Faulkner s modern prose. Intertwining the psychological with the aesthetic, the book provides new insights into the meaning and function of Faulkner s recurrent refrains,...