William Faulkner: Seeing Through the South

by John T. Matthews

Book Overview

This succinct, yet comprehensive account of William Faulkner's literary career, novels, and key short stories offers an imaginative topography of his efforts to reckon with his Southern past, to acknowledge its modernization, and to develop his own modernist method. Drawing on various critical approaches, it provides a coherent interpretation of the author's career, emphasizing Faulkner's receptivity to change, not just his critical resistance to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405124814
• ISBN13: 9781405124812
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"