William Faulkner: The Contemporary Reviews

ISBN-13: 9780521383776 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 604 str.

Virginia) M. Thomas Inge (Randolph-Macon College

Opis

This book, the first comprehensive collection of contemporary published reactions to the writing of William Faulkner from 1926 to 1962, documents the response of reviewers to specific works, and chronicles the development of Faulkner's reputation among the nation's book reviewers. The material presented here clarifies the development of Faulkner's literary career and provides a fuller understanding of the part played by book reviewing in the sales, promotion, and success of American literature.

Recenzje

"All libraries serving serious students of literature should have these volumes." Q. Grigg, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction; Acknowledgements; The Marble Faun; Soldiers' Pay; Mosquitoes; Sartoris; The Sound and the Fury; As I Lay Dying; Sanctuary; These Thirteen; Salmagundi; Miss Zilphia Gant; Light in August; A Green Bough; Doctor Martino and Other Stories; Pylon; Absalom! Absalom!; The Unvanquished; The Wild Palms; The Hamlet; Go Down, Moses and Other Stories; The Portable Faulkner; Intruder in the Dust; Knight's Gambit; Collected Stories; Notes on a Horsethief; Requiem for a Nun; Mirrors of Chartres Street; A Fable; The Faulkner Reader; Big Woods; The Town; New Orleans Sketches; Three Famous Short Novels; The Mansion; The Reivers.