Faulkner's Ethics: An Intense Struggle

by Michael Wainwright

Book Overview

This book offers the first comprehensive investigation of ethics in the canon of William Faulkner. As the fundamental framework for its analysis of Faulkner's fiction, this study draws on The Methods of Ethics, the magnum opus of the utilitarian philosopher Henry Sidgwick. While Faulkner's Ethics does not claim that Faulkner read Sidgwick's work, this book traces Faulkner's moral sensitivity. It argues that Faulkner's language is a moral...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030688747
• ISBN13: 9783030688745
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"