{"product_id":"william-faulkner-the-abstract-and-the-actual-9780807124567","title":"William Faulkner: The Abstract and the Actual","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Faulkner was one of the few major writers of the period following World War I to retain a sense of the place of abstractions in life and in art. Faulkner saw life as a process of flux and change and abstractions as a means of either denying actuality or of coping with change and providing a solid touchstone in the flux. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Faulkner: The Abstract and the Actual\u003c\/i\u003e is the first critical study of Faulkner to examine in depth the theme of evasion and distortion of existence through abstractions--a theme that can be found to a greater or lesser degree in every Faulkner novel. The book covers the entire seventeen-novel canon and includes discussions of a significant number of short stories. Its thematic organization points out the unity and continuity of Faulkner's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining the interrelationships between Faulkner's fiction and modern thinking, Panthea Broughton shows the insight Faulkner had into the philosophical problem of the abstract versus the actual. She concludes that the central dilemma in Faulkner's fiction--resistance to flux or change--is also one of the salient problems of the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Panthea Reid Broughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807124567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePanthea Reid Broughton taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Louisiana State University. She has published extensively in literary quarterlies and has reviewed for Saturday Review World, the Chicago Sun Times, and the New York Times Book Review.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161538605171,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_16ed1833-8f1f-4d34-a9ab-950e0cc72752.jpg?v=1654954694","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/william-faulkner-the-abstract-and-the-actual-9780807124567","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}