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Page 118
... novel about the nature and meaning of history , not merely the in- 1 Several intelligent critics have recognized that in this novel the mean- ing of history is of central importance to Quentin Compson and to the author and that there is ...
... novel about the nature and meaning of history , not merely the in- 1 Several intelligent critics have recognized that in this novel the mean- ing of history is of central importance to Quentin Compson and to the author and that there is ...
Page 119
... novel , and he extends the meaning of the particular experience far beyond the peculiar region in which it occurs . In order to explain my judgment of Faulkner's achievement I must review the particulars , for the historical facts and ...
... novel , and he extends the meaning of the particular experience far beyond the peculiar region in which it occurs . In order to explain my judgment of Faulkner's achievement I must review the particulars , for the historical facts and ...
Page 138
... novel not only reconstructs crucial events in the past of a region but dramatizes the earnest efforts of several generations to know and understand that past . It is this combination of aims and themes that seems to me to justify ...
... novel not only reconstructs crucial events in the past of a region but dramatizes the earnest efforts of several generations to know and understand that past . It is this combination of aims and themes that seems to me to justify ...
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