Faulkner and Mystery
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Author
Publication
2014 - University Press of Mississippi
Language
English
Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-101628460296
- ISBN-139781628460292
- Library of Congress Control Number2013042773
- Library of Congress Control Number2013050586
- OCLC Control Number866252144
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781628460292
- Open LibraryOL29182381M
Classifications
- LCCPS3511.A86Z7832113
- LCCPS3511.A86 Z7832113 2009
- LCCPS3511.A86
Description
"Faulkner and Mystery presents a wide spectrum of compelling arguments about the role and function of mystery in William Faulkner's fiction. Twelve new essays approach the question of what can be known and what remains a secret in the narratives of the Nobel laureate. Scholars debate whether or not Faulkner's work attempts to solve mysteries or celebrate the enigmas of life and the elusiveness of truth. Scholars scrutinize Faulkner's use of the contemporary crime and detection genre as well as novels that deepen a plot rather than solve it. Several essays are dedicated to exploring the narrative strategies and ideological functions of Faulkner's take on the detective story, the classic "whodunit." Among Faulkner's novels most interested in the format of detection is Intruder in the Dust, which assumes a central role in this essay collection. Other contributors explore the thickening mysteries of racial and sexual identity, particularly the enigmatic nature of his female and African American characters. Questions of insight, cognition, and judgment in Faulkner's work are also at the center of essays that explore his storytelling techniques, plot development, and the inscrutability of language itself"--
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