The saddest words : William Faulkner's Civil War
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Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2020.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781631491702 (hardcover), 1631491709 (hardcover)
Physical Desc
x, 433 pages : illustration, maps ; 25 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Conway Public Library - Nonfiction Section | 813.52 Gorra, M. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781631491702 (hardcover), 1631491709 (hardcover)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-407) and index.
Description
"How do we read William Faulkner in the twenty-first century? asks Michael Gorra, one of America's most preeminent literary critics. Should we still read William Faulkner in this new century? What can his works tell us about the legacy of slavery and the Civil War, that central quarrel in our nation's history? These are the provocative questions that Michael Gorra asks in this historic portrait of the novelist and his world. Born in 1897 in Mississippi, Faulkner wrote such iconic novels as Absalom, Absalom! and The Sound and the Fury, creating in Yoknapatawpha County the richest gallery of characters in American fiction, his achievements culminating in the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. But given his works' echo of 'Lost Cause' romanticism, his depiction of black characters and black speech, and his rendering of race relations in a largely unreconstructed South, Faulkner demands a sobering reevaluation. Interweaving biography, absorbing literary criticism, and rich travelogue, THE SADDEST WORDS recontextualizes Faulkner, revealing a civil war within him, while examining the most plangent cultural issues facing American literature today." -- Publisher's description.
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans in literature.
Biographies
Faulkner, William, -- 1897-1962 -- Characters -- African Americans.
Faulkner, William, -- 1897-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Literary criticism
Race relations in literature.
Southern States -- In literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war.
Yoknapatawpha County (Imaginary place)
Biographies
Faulkner, William, -- 1897-1962 -- Characters -- African Americans.
Faulkner, William, -- 1897-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Literary criticism
Race relations in literature.
Southern States -- In literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature and the war.
Yoknapatawpha County (Imaginary place)
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gorra, M. E. (2020). The saddest words: William Faulkner's Civil War (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gorra, Michael Edward. 2020. The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War. Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gorra, Michael Edward. The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gorra, Michael Edward. The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2020.
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