William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! : a casebook
Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. Taking place before, during, and after the American Civil War, it is a story about three families of the American South, with a focus on the life of Thomas Sutpen
Aufsatzsammlung
x, 301 pages ; 22 cm
9780195154771, 9780195154788, 0195154770, 0195154789
51216074
Introduction1: Cleanth Brooks: History and the Sense of the Tragic2: John Irwin: Repetition and Revenge3: Thadious Davis: The Signifying Abstraction: Reading "The Negro" in Absalom, Absalom!4: Eric Sundquist: Absalom, Absalom! and the House Divided5: Minrose Gwin: The Silencing of Rosa Coldfield6: Dirk Kuyk, Jr.: Sutpen's Design7: Barbara Ladd: "The Direction of the Howling": Nationalism and the Color Line in Absalom, Absalom!8: Absalom, Absalom!, Haiti and Labor History: Reading Unreadable Revolution: Richard Godden9: William Faulkner: Remarks on Absalom, Absalom!Suggested Reading