William Faulkner in Context

William Faulkner in Context explores the environment that conditioned Faulkner's creative work. This book provides a broad and authoritative framework that will help readers to better understand this widely read yet challenging writer. Each essay offers a critical assessment of Faulkner's work as it relates to such topics as genre, reception, and the significance of place. Although Faulkner dwelt in his native Mississippi throughout his life, his visits to cities like New Orleans, Paris, and Hollywood profoundly shaped his early career. Inextricable from the dramatic upheavals of the twentieth century, Faulkner's writing was deeply affected by the Great War, the Great Depression, World War II, and the civil rights movement. In this volume, a host of renowned scholars shed light on this enigmatic writer and render him accessible to students and researchers alike.

Author: John T. Matthews
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/15/2015
Pages: 330
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781107050372

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2015

About the Author
Matthews, John T.: - John T. Matthews is Professor of English at Boston University. His previous books include The Play of Faulkner's Language, 'The Sound and the Fury': Faulkner and the Lost Cause, and William Faulkner: Seeing Through the South. Matthews's articles on Faulkner and southern literature have appeared in such journals as Texas Studies in Language and Literature, American Literature, American Literary History, and Philological Quarterly.