New Essays on Light in August

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series editor's preface; 1. Introduction Michael Millgate; 2. 'A Novel: Not an Anecdote': Faulkner's Light in August Michael Millgate; 3. Plots and counterplots: the structure of Light in August Martin Kreiswirth; 4. Light in August: the closed society and its subjects André Bleikasten; 5. The women of Light in August Judith Bryant Wittenberg; 6. On the difference between prevailing and ending Alexander Welsh; Notes on contributors; Selected bibliography.

Zusammenfassung

Light in August (1932) is one of William Faulkner's most important widely studied novels, demanding to be approached from many angles and with a variety of critical and scholarly skills. Here five distinguished critics offer such a range of approaches, making the novel accessible to the widest possible audience.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Millgate
• Mitarbeit: Emory Elliot (Herausgeber), Millgate Michael (Herausgeber), Michael Millgate (Herausgeber), Millgate Michael (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 26.06.1987
• EAN: 9780521308144
• ISBN: 978-0-521-30814-4
• Seiten: 160
• Serien: American Novel (Hardcover); The American Novel
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; USA, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form