Faulkner : masks and metaphors / Lothar Honnighausen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Honnighausen, Lothar.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor.

Role playing in literature.

Disguise in literature.

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Literary style.

Faulkner, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c1997.

Summary:

That Faulkner was a ""liar"" not just in his writing but also in his life has troubled many critics. They have explained his numerous ""false stories,"" particularly those about military honors he actually never earned and war wounds he never sustained, with psychopathological imposture-theories. The drawback of this approach is that it reduces and oversimplifies the complex psychological and aesthetic phenomenon of Faulkner's role-playing. Instead, this critical study by one of the most acclaimed international Faulkner scholars takes its cue from Nietzsche's concept of ""truth as a mobile arm

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Primary Texts: List of Abbreviations; Preludes; Masks and Metaphors of the Artist; Metaphorizing and Role-Play in Narration and Reading; Conclusion: Pastoral Portrait; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-300) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-28243-7

9786613282439

1-60473-618-6

OCLC:

300772924