John T. Matthews, William Faulkner: Seeing Through the South, Wiley-Blackwell, jan. 2009, 320 p.
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-2481-2
- £45.00 / €56.30
Présentation de l'éditeur:
This succinct, yet comprehensive account of William Faulkner's literarycareer, novels, and key short stories offers an imaginative topographyof his efforts to reckon with his Southern past, to acknowledge itsmodernization, and to develop his own modernist method.
- Providesa brief but comprehensive account of Faulkner's literary career,through discussion of his novels and key short stories
- Offersan imaginative topography of Faulkner's efforts to reckon with hisSouthern past, to acknowledge its modernization, and to develop his ownmodernist method
- Draws on various specialized criticalapproaches including psychoanalytic, post-structuralist, feminist, andpost-colonial theory
- Provides a coherent interpretationof the author's career, emphasizing Faulkner's receptivity to change,not just his critical resistance to it
- Places Faulkner'sart in context while concentrating on textual detail, technique, andthematic preoccupations across his career
John T. Matthews is Professor of English at Boston University. Author of The Play of Faulkner's Language (1982) and 'The Sound and the Fury': Faulkner and the Lost Cause (1991),Matthews has also written numerous articles on Faulkner. He was the2006 recipient of Boston University Metcalf Award for Excellence inTeaching.
Sommaire:
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Seeing Through the South: Faulkner and the Life Work of Writing.
1. An Artist Never Quite at Home: Faulkner's Apprehension of Modern Life.
2. That Evening Son Go Down: The Plantation South at Twilight.
3. Come Up: From Red Necks to Riches.
4. The Planting of Men: The South and New World Colonialism.
5. Seeing a South Beyond Yoknapatawpha.
Notes.
Index