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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation."”.
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Faulkner, form, and the anxiety of cinematic influence
Faulkner, Form, and the Anxiety of Cinematic Influence addresses William Faulkner s career as it was split between two different disciplines: the craft of the novelist, and the less esteemed occupation of the screenwriter. Although renowned for his efforts in the first of these (for which he would …
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Disrupted constructions: Joe Christmas's formation of race and sexuality in Light in August
William Faulkner intended Joe Christmas to be a tragic character who would constantly seek an identity. He combats any threat to his safety—be it physical, mental, or emotional safety—with violent reactions that generally manifest in outbursts toward women for threatening his conception of his …
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William Faulkner: The Search and the Simile
<p>William Faulkner (1897-1962) is well known for his distinctive prose style -- his word choice, his long sentences, and his chains of imagery. In this paper, three novels, <em>Sartoris</em> (1929), <em>Absalom, Absalom!</em> (1936), and <em>The Mansion</em> (1955) are studied to see what can be …
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James Joyce and His Influence : William Faulkner and Anthony Burgess
… Joyce's Ulysses provides a basis for examining and analyzing the influence of Joyce on selected works of William Faulkner and Anthony Burgess especially in regard to the major ideas and style, and pattern and motif. The works to be used, in addition to Ulysses, include Faulkner's "The Bear" in …
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Dark Houses: Navigating Space and Negotiating Silence in the Novels of Faulkner, Warren and Morrison
… scholars accept that this anxiety exists and causes some tension, since it seems antithetical to another dominant motif, that of the power of place and the home as sanctuary. My critical persona, like Poe's narrator in "The House of Usher," looks into a dark, silent tarn and shudders to …