William Faulkner
"In this newest volume in Oxford's Lives and Legacies series, Carolyn Porter, a leading authority on William Faulkner, offers an account of Faulkner's life and work, with special focus on the twelve-year period when he wrote some of the finest novels in American literature. Porter illuminates the importance of Faulkner's legacy not only for American literature, but also for world literature, and reveals how Faulkner lives on so powerfully, both in the works of his literary heirs and in the live…
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- Full title :William Faulkner / Carolyn Porter.
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"In this newest volume in Oxford's Lives and Legacies series, Carolyn Porter, a leading authority on William Faulkner, offers an account of Faulkner's life and work, with special focus on the twelve-year period when he wrote some of the finest novels in American literature. Porter illuminates the importance of Faulkner's legacy not only for American literature, but also for world literature, and reveals how Faulkner lives on so powerfully, both in the works of his literary heirs and in the lives of readers today."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:vii, 199 pages ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780195310498, 0195310497
- oclc:ocm76871412
- LC Classification:PS3511.A86
- Dewey Decimal:B
Table of Contents
Youth and apprenticeship: The sound and the fury -- The major years, part I: As I lay dying, Sanctuary, & Light in August -- The major years, part II: Absalom, Absalom! and Go down, Moses -- Snopes and beyond: The Hamlet.
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