William Faulkner by Daniel Joseph Singal

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William Faulkner by Daniel Joseph Singal

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This biography of William Faulkner asserts that we can learn much about Faulkner's art by relating it to the cultural and intellectual discourse of his era, and much about that era by coming to terms with his art. The book includes detailed analyses of individual texts and poetry.

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William Faulkner by Daniel Joseph Singal

This intellectual biography of William Faulkner traces the author's attempts to liberate himself from the repressive Victorian culture in which he was raised by embracing the Modernist culture of the artistic avant-garde. Daniel Singal argues that, to accommodate the conflicting demands of these two cultures, Faulkner created a complex and fluid structure of selfhood based on a set of dual roles - one, a Modernist author writing on the most daring and subversive issues of his day, and the other, a southern country gentleman loyal to the conservative mores of his community. Indeed, Singal says, it is in the clash between these two selves that one finds the key to making sense of Faulkner and his work.
Daniel J. Singal, author of The War Within: From Victorian to Modernist Thought in the South, is professor of history at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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ISBN 13 9780807848319
ISBN 10 080784831X
Title William Faulkner
Author Daniel Joseph Singal
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Year published 1999-09-30
Number of pages 376
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.