Natural Aristocracy : History, Ideology, and the Production of William Faulkner

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Railey, Kevin, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristocracy (Political science) in literature.

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Knowledge--History.

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Political and social views.

Literature and history--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Literature and society--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Southern States--In literature.

Literature and history--History--20th century--Mississippi.

Literature and history.

Literature and society--History--20th century--Mississippi.

Literature and society.

Southern States.

Faulkner, William.

Local Subjects:

Aristocracy (Political science) in literature.

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Knowledge--History.

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Political and social views.

Literature and history--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Literature and society--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Southern States--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kevin Railey uses a materialist critical approach--which envisions literature as a discourse necessarily interactive with other forces in the world--to identify and historicize Faulkner's authorial identity. Working from the assumption that Faulkner was deeply affected by the sociohistorical forces that surrounded his life, Railey explores the interrelationships between American history and Faulkner's fiction, between southern history and Faulkner's subjectivity. Railey argues that Faulkner's obsession with history and his struggle with specific ideologies affecting south

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: History, Ideology, Subjectivity; 1. Faulkner's Mississippi: Ideology and Southern History; 2. Faulkner's Ideology: Ideology and Subjectivity; Part Two: Faulkner, Paternalism, Liberalism; 3. The Sound and the Fury: Faulkner's Birth into History; 4. Sanctuary: The Social Psychology of Paternalism; 5. As I Lay Dying and Light in August: The Social Realities of Liberalism; Part Three: Faulkner's Authorial Ideology; 6. Absalom, Absalom! and Natural Aristocracy; 7. Absalom, Absalom! and the Southern Ideology of Race; Part Four: Faulkner's Social Vision

8. The Snopes Trilogy as Social Vision9. The Reivers: Imaginary Resolutions and Utopian Yearnings; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8635-1

OCLC:

853363017