A companion to William Faulkner.9781405122245 A companion to William Faulkner. Ed. by Richard C. Moreland. Blackwell Publishing 2007 538 pages $149.95 Hardcover Blackwell companions to literature and culture; 47 PS3511 Both popular and perplexing per·plex tr.v. per·plexed, per·plex·ing, per·plex·es 1. To confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. To make confusedly intricate; complicate. , Faulkner's work has received much critical assessment in its publication history. This volume, written by leading Faulkner scholars and designed to guide readers through the plethora plethora /pleth·o·ra/ (pleth´ah-rah) 1. an excess of blood. 2. by extension, a red florid complexion.pletho´ric pleth·o·ra n. 1. of critical approaches to Faulkner, is, therefore, a welcome addition to the scholarship. The articles are divided into sections on the contexts of Faulkner's work; key questions addressed in Faulkner criticism; the genres and forms Faulkner encountered and altered; sample readings of particular works; and responses to Faulkner's writing by publishers, filmmakers, writers and others. Individual topics include Faulkner and the poetics po·et·ics n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. Literary criticism that deals with the nature, forms, and laws of poetry. 2. A treatise on or study of poetry or aesthetics. 3. of plantation Plantation, city (1990 pop. 66,692), Broward co., SE Fla., a residential suburb of Fort Lauderdale; inc. 1953. The city has grown rapidly along with the development of S Florida. labor; the synthesis of Marx and Freud in recent Faulkner criticism; and Faulkner, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and the Caribbean. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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