William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!: A CasebookFred Hobson Absalom, Absalom! has long been seen as one of William Faulkner's supreme creations, as well as one of the leading American novels of the twentieth century. In this collection Fred Hobson has brought together eight of the most stimulating essays on Absalom, essays written over a thirty-year span which approach the novel both formally and historically. Here are critical responses by Cleanth Brooks, John Irwin, Thadious Davis, and Eric Sundquist, as well as four essays published in the last decade. The casebook concludes with Faulkner's own remarks on the novel, delivered in a discussion with students at the University of Virginia. What emerges from all the selections is a rich and suggestive treatment of a work which Faulkner himself called "the best novel yet written by an American" and a less biased critic has called "the greatest American novel of the century... joining Moby-Dick and Huckleberry Finn at the pinnacle of American fiction." |
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A Casebook Fred Hobson. William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom: A Case book Fred Hobson, Editer OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! A CASEBOOK Front Cover.
A Casebook Fred Hobson. William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom: A Case book Fred Hobson, Editer OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! A CASEBOOK Front Cover.
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A Casebook Fred Hobson. WILLIAM FAULKNER'S Absalom, Absalom! J J J A CASEBOOK Edited by Fred Hobson 1 2003 1 Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town.
A Casebook Fred Hobson. WILLIAM FAULKNER'S Absalom, Absalom! J J J A CASEBOOK Edited by Fred Hobson 1 2003 1 Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town.
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... Absalom, Absalom! 219 barbara ladd Absalom, Absalom! Haiti, and Labor History: Reading Unreadable Revolutions 251 richard godden Remarks on Absalom, Absalom! 283 william faulkner Suggested Reading 293 William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom ...
... Absalom, Absalom! 219 barbara ladd Absalom, Absalom! Haiti, and Labor History: Reading Unreadable Revolutions 251 richard godden Remarks on Absalom, Absalom! 283 william faulkner Suggested Reading 293 William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
History and the Sense of the Tragic | 17 |
Repetition and Revenge | 47 |
Reading the Negro in Absalom Absalom | 69 |
Absalom Absalom and the House Divided | 107 |
The Silencing of Rosa Coldfield | 151 |
Sutpens Design | 189 |
Nationalism and the Color Line in Absalom Absalom | 219 |
Reading Unreadable Revolutions | 251 |
Remarks on Absalom Absalom | 283 |
Suggested Reading | 293 |
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