Theresa M Towner

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Faulkner on the Color Line: The Later NovelsPaperback, 1 May 2000

Faulkner on the Color Line: The Later Novels
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Print Length
192 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Date Published
1 May 2000
ISBN-10
1934110353
ISBN-13
9781934110355

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A study of William Faulkner's final phase as a period in which he faced up to America's rigid protocols of racial ideology

This study argues that Faulkner's writings about racial matters interrogated rather than validated his racial beliefs and that, in the process of questioning his own ideology, his fictional forms extended his reach as an artist.

After winning the Nobel Prize in 1950, Faulkner wrote what critics term "his later novels." These have been almost uniformly dismissed, with the prevailing view being that as he became a more public figure, his fiction became a platform rather than a canvas.

Within this context Faulkner on the Color Line redeems the novels in the final phase of his career by interpreting them as Faulkner's way of addressing the problem of race in America. They are seen as a series of formal experiments Faulkner deliberately attempted as he examined the various cultural functions of narrative, most particularly those narratives that enforce Amer

Product Details

Author:
Theresa M Towner
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 May 2000
Dimensions:
21.59 x 13.97 x 1.12 cm
ISBN-10:
1934110353
ISBN-13:
9781934110355
Language:
English
Location:
Birmingham
Pages:
192
Weight:
249.48 gm

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