| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages) |
| Series |
The American Novel |
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American novel.
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| Summary |
Light in August (1932) is one of William Faulkner's most important, most challenging, and most widely studied novels, demanding to be approached from many angles and with a variety of critical and scholarly skills. Here five distinguished critics offer just such a range of approaches, discussing the novel in terms of its composition and its place in Faulkner's oeuvre; its structure and narrative techniques; its relation to the religious, racial, and sexual assumptions of the society it depicts; its presentation of women and handling of gender-related issues; and the social and moral implications of the 'hero' status accorded to a figure like Joe Christmas. Each contributor has had a double ambition: to write clearly and directly, thus making the volume accessible to the widest possible audience, and to write freshly and originally, so as to enhance - even for those thoroughly familiar with the existing criticism - understanding and appreciation of Light in August itself and of Faulkner's work as a whole |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Subject |
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Light in August.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Millgate, Michael, editor
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| ISBN |
0511620454 |
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9780511620454 (ebook) |
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(hardback) |
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(paperback) |
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