A classic that has been widely used by several generations, this book consists of detailed commentaries on ten famous English poems from the Elizabethan period to the present. Index.
A classic that has been widely used by several generations, this book consists of detailed commentaries on ten famous English poems from the Elizabeth...
In this clear-sighted and enjoyable book, Cleanth Brooks, acknowledged to be "the best critic of our best novelist," introduces the general reader to Faulkner's most important novels and stories: The Sound and the Fury; As I lay Dying; The Hamlet; Go Down, Moses; Light in August; and Absalom, Absalom Brooks focuses on theme, character, and plot as well as on Faulkner's world--the fictional Yoknapatawpha County that provides a unique setting for Faulkner's tragicomic vision.
In this clear-sighted and enjoyable book, Cleanth Brooks, acknowledged to be "the best critic of our best novelist," introduces the general reader to ...
Hailed by critics and scholars as the most valuable study of Faulkner's fiction, Cleanth Brooks's "William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha Country "explores the Mississippi writer's fictional county and the commanding role it played in so much of his work. Brooks shows that Faulkner's strong attachment to his region, with its rich particularity and deep sense of community, gave him a special vantage point from which to view the modern world.
Books's consideration of such novels as "Light in August, The Unvanquished, As I Lay Dying, "and "Intruder in the Dust "shows the ways in which Faulkner...
Hailed by critics and scholars as the most valuable study of Faulkner's fiction, Cleanth Brooks's "William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha Country "exp...
In this companion volume to "William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha Country, " Cleanth Brooks takes an in-depth look at Faulkner's early poetry and prose as well as his five non-Yoknapatawpha novels -- "Soldiers Pay, Mosquitoes, Pylon, The Wild Palms, " and "A Fable." Brooks also offers relevant clarification of some of his earlier interpretations of Faulkner that have been challenged -- most notably in the case of Faulkner that have been challenged -- most notable in the case of "Absalom, Absalom , " which he considers Faulkner's greatest novel.
Recognizing that the creative and...
In this companion volume to "William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha Country, " Cleanth Brooks takes an in-depth look at Faulkner's early poetry and pr...
It seems appropriate, if not inevitable, that one of our best critics should be the foremost authority on one of our best novelists. Cleanth Brooks, the author of three seminal studies of William Faulkner, has been a serious student of that master craftsman's fiction for more than four decades. In this new collection, Brooks considers many of the important characteristics of Faulkner's work. He focuses more specifically than he has in the past on certain questions and in some instances offers rebuttals to what he considered unfair assessments of Faulkner.
In the first essay, Brooks...
It seems appropriate, if not inevitable, that one of our best critics should be the foremost authority on one of our best novelists. Cleanth Brooks...
In this volume Cleanth Brooks pays tribute to the language and literature of the American South. He writes of the language's unique syntax and its celebrated languorous rhythms; of the classical allusions and Addisonian locutions once favored by the gentry; and of the more earthbound eloquence, rooted in the dialect of England's southern lowlands, that is still heard in the speech of the region's plain folk.
It is this rich spoken language, Brooks suggests, that has always been the life blood of southern writing. The strong tradition of storytelling in the South is reflected in the tales...
In this volume Cleanth Brooks pays tribute to the language and literature of the American South. He writes of the language's unique syntax and its ...
Presents the revolutionary thesis that English poetry and poetic theory were deflected from their richest line of development by the scientific rationalism that came with Hobbes and has continued its restrictive influence to the present day, when such poets as Yeats and Eliot have begun the reestablishment of the earlier line of development. Originally published in 1939.
Presents the revolutionary thesis that English poetry and poetic theory were deflected from their richest line of development by the scientific ration...
