Phillip Weinstein

The Cambridge Companion to William Faulkner

Herausgeber: Weinstein, Philip M.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection brings together ten major Faulkner scholars to examine the whole of Faulkner's oeuvre, and to bring into focus the broader cultural contexts that lent their resonance to his work. Both affordable and comprehensive, it will be particularly useful for the student seeking a critical introduction to Faulkner but will also serve the dedicated scholar interested in recent trends in Faulkner studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780521421676
• ISBN-10: 0521421675
• Artikelnr.: 21324115

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Philip M. Weinstein
Part I. The Texts in the World: 1. Faulkner and modernism Richard Moreland
2. Faulkner and postmodernism Patrick O'Donnell
3. Faulkner and the culture industry John T. Matthews
4. Faulkner from a European perspective André Bleikasten
5. Looking for a master plan: Faulkner, Paredes, and the colonial and postcolonial subject Ramón Saldívar
Part II. The World in the Texts: 6. Racial awareness and arrested development: The Sound and the Fury and The Great Migration (1915¿1928) Cheryl Lester
7. Race in Light in August: word symbols and obverse reflections Judith Bryant Wittenberg
8. Absalom, Absalom!: (Un)making the father Carolyn Porter
Conclusion: the stakes of reading Faulkner: discerning reading Warwick Wadlington
Index.