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William Faulkner: The Making of a Modernist

Daniel J. Singal

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This intellectual biography of William Faulkner traces the author's attempt to liberate himself from the repressive Victorian culture in which he was raised by embracing the Modernist culture of the artistic avant-garde. Daniel Singal argues that, to accommodate the conflicting demands of these two cultures, Faulkner created a complex and fluid structure of selfhood based on a set of dual roles -- one, a Modernist author writing on the most daring and subversive issues of his day, and the other, a southern country gentleman loyal to the conservative mores of his community. Indeed, Singal says, it is in the clash between these two selves that one finds the key to making sense of Faulkner and his work.

Language: English

Pages: 376

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Release: September 25, 1997

ISBN: 0807823554

ISBN 13: 9780807823552

William Faulkner: The Making of a Modernist

Daniel J. Singal

4.1/5 ( ratings)

This intellectual biography of William Faulkner traces the author's attempt to liberate himself from the repressive Victorian culture in which he was raised by embracing the Modernist culture of the artistic avant-garde. Daniel Singal argues that, to accommodate the conflicting demands of these two cultures, Faulkner created a complex and fluid structure of selfhood based on a set of dual roles -- one, a Modernist author writing on the most daring and subversive issues of his day, and the other, a southern country gentleman loyal to the conservative mores of his community. Indeed, Singal says, it is in the clash between these two selves that one finds the key to making sense of Faulkner and his work.

Language: English

Pages: 376

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Release: September 25, 1997

ISBN: 0807823554

ISBN 13: 9780807823552

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