William Faulkner: The Making of a Modernist
- ISBN-10
- 080784831X
- ISBN-13
- 9780807848319
- Series
- William Faulkner
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 357
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Daniel J. Singal
Description
Through detailed analyses of individual texts, from the earliest poetry through Go Down, Moses, Singal traces Faulkner's attempt to liberate himself from the powerful and repressive Victorian culture in which he was raised by embracing the Modernist culture of the artistic avant-garde. Most important, it shows how Faulkner accommodated the conflicting demands of these two cultures by creating a set of dual identities - one, that of a Modernist author writing on the most daring and subversive issues of his day, and the other, that of a southern country gentleman loyal to the conservative mores of his community. It is in the clash between these two selves, Singal argues, that one finds the key to making sense of Faulkner.
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