William Faulkner
A Critical Study
Ivan R. Dee · Print & ebook · August 1, 1991
In this fourth edition of his celebrated study of Faulkner, Irving Howe analyzes all of the great author's works, emphasizing the themes that run throughout the novels and stories.
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- Who it’s for
- Irving Howe traces Faulkner’s recurring themes and connects his fiction with the South’s emotional history.
- Themes
- Faulkner's social and moral themes, Faulkner's fiction and Southern history, The universality of Faulkner's work
- Genres
- American Lit Crit, 20th-Century Literary Criticism, Regional American Literature
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In this fourth edition of his celebrated study of Faulkner, Irving Howe analyzes all of the great author's works, emphasizing the themes that run throughout the novels and stories. "The scheme of my book is simple," Mr. Howe writes. "First, I have tried to say what Faulkner's work is `about,' to report on the social and moral themes in his books; and then I have tried to analyze and evaluate the more important novels."
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Anyone who has enjoyed the special flavor of Faulkner's writing will appreciate Mr. Howe's careful analysis, and the student of twentieth-century American literature will gain new perspective and insight. Mr.Howe successfully portrays the intimate connection between Faulkner's fiction and the emotional and psychic history of the South without slighting the universality that makes him one of America's greatest writers. "Mr. Howe is a shrewd critic, and he writes of Faulkner's achievements as a practicing novelist with a wary respect. He has a good many observations to make that should help readers in going through the novels.”—Alfred Kazin, New York Times.
Faulkner and the South
Irving Howe traces Faulkner’s recurring themes and connects his fiction with the South’s emotional history.
Come here for
- Social and moral themes across Faulkner’s novels and stories
- Analysis of the more important novels
Expect
- A study of Faulkner’s works, with attention to novels and stories
- This is the fourth edition
Where it sits
| 20th-Century Literary Criticism | 71% |
|---|---|
| American Lit Crit | 51% |
| Regional American Literature | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Writers' Lives
- Literary Criticism
- American Lit Crit
- Hispanic American Lit Crit
- Authors
- Irving Howe
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Published
- August 1, 1991
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Faulkner's social and moral themes · Faulkner's fiction and Southern history · The universality of Faulkner's work
- Reading lane
- Writers' Lives