| Reading Faulkner: Sanctuary Contributor(s): Arnold, Edwin T. (Author), Trouard, Dawn (Author) |
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ISBN: 1617030538 ISBN-13: 9781617030536 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Regional |
| Dewey: 813.52 |
| Series: Reading Faulkner |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No other novel by William Faulkner has experienced the kind of dramatic critical re-evaluation that "Sanctuary" has received. Published in 1931, it seemed to many readers and critics in the thirties as a terrible misstep on Faulkner's part. It was a violent, vulgar, deliberately sensational work. Over the years, serious Faulkner critics have attempted to go beyond the initial shock of this nightmarish tale and to place it within the context of Faulkner's overall achievement. This volume offers a close examination and interpretation of "Sanctuary." Here difficult words and cultural terms that might prove to be a problem for general readers are explained and keyed to page numbers in the definitive Faulkner text (Library of America and Vintage editions). The authors place the book in its historical context and connect it to Faulkner's other works. For students and teachers of Faulkner's fiction, this handbook clears away some of the seemingly dissonant logic of the novel and brings coherence to Faulkner's provocative design. |
Contributor Bio(s): Trouard, Dawn: - Dawn Trouard is professor of English at the University of Central Florida. She is coauthor (with Edwin T. Arnold) of Reading Faulkner: Sanctuary, published by University Press of Mississippi, and editor of Eudora Welty: Eye of the Storyteller.Arnold, Edwin T.: - Edwin T. Arnold is professor of English at Appalachian State University. He is coauthor (with Dawn Trouard) of Reading Faulkner: Sanctuary and editor of several other books published by University Press of Mississippi. |