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William Faulkner and mortality : a fine dead sound / Ahmed Honeini.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Honeini, Ahmed, author.
Contributor:
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Series:
Routledge studies in twentieth century literature
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Criticism and interpretation.
Faulkner, William.
Mortality in literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Contents:
Introduction: Saying No to Death? William Faulkner's aesthetic of mortality
A fine dead sound: Quentin Compson's suicide in The Sound and the Fury
Living was terrible: Confrontations with mortality in As I Lay Dying
Burying the fallen monument: The death of the Old South in "A Rose for Emily"
A bloody mischancing of human affairs: Murder and violence in Light in August and Absalom, Absalom!
Ah'm goan home: Narration, homegoing, and whiteness in Go Down, Moses
Conclusion: Breaking the pencil: Death and voice in Faulkner's fiction.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Honeini, Ahmed. William Faulkner and mortality
ISBN:
9780367501358
036750135X
9781003048930
1003048935
1000413888
9781000413854
1000413853
9781000413885
Publisher Number:
40032284497
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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