Faulkner and the Great Depression : Aesthetics, Ideology, and Cultural Politics.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780820330853
- Faulkner, William,-1897-1962-Knowledge and learning
- History
- Faulkner, William,-1897-1962-Political and social views
- Literature and history-United States-History-20th century
- Literature and society-United States-History-20th century
- Social problems in literature
- Depressions in literature
- History in literature
- 813/.52
- PS3511.A86 Z587 2006
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION: Placement and Perspective: Faulkner and the Great Depression -- CHAPTER ONE: History and Culture: Faulkner in Political Context -- CHAPTER TWO: Decadence and Dispossession: Faulkner and the "Literary Class War" -- CHAPTER THREE: Power by Design: Faulkner and the Specter of Fascism -- CHAPTER FOUR: Revolution and Restraint: Faulkner's Ambivalent Agrarianism -- CONCLUSION: Destruction and Reconstruction: Faulkner's Civil War and the Politics of Recovery -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
The first comprehensive study to consider Faulkner's most acclaimed works within the sociocultural context of the Depression. Atkinson argues that through his social vision and connections to the rural South, Hollywood, and New York, Faulkner offers readers remarkable new insight into Depression concerns.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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