William Faulkner (Paperback)
From Jefferson to the World
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9780813155319
Published: 15th July 2014
Casemate UK Academic
(click here for international delivery rates)
Order within the next 8 hours, 43 minutes to get your order processed the next working day!
Need a currency converter? Check XE.com for live rates
Combining explications of William Faulkner's novels and short stories with thematic analysis, Hyatt H. Waggoner works from the close reading of a specific work outward to its most general meanings and relationships. By this method he has made a significant contribution to the understanding of Faulkner's career and artistic achievement.
Waggoner examines both better and lesser-known works, which yield valuable insights into Faulkner's development when treated in relation to his whole body of work. The author also addresses the major themes which emerge from critical analyses of individual works: Faulkner's uneasy relationship with his Christian background and his unchanging conception of the role of the artist related to his changing practice as a writer. Waggoner concludes that Faulkner's artistic career reflects a creatively productive, but tortured and ambiguous, relationship with his community.