Faulkner : masks and metaphors /
That Faulkner was a "liar" not just in his writing but also in his life has troubled many critics. They have explained his numerous "false stories," particularly those about military honors he actually never earned and war wounds he never sustained, with psychopathological impost...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
©1997.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0585034028 9780585034027 1578068738 9781578068739 1604736186 9781604736182 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | That Faulkner was a "liar" not just in his writing but also in his life has troubled many critics. They have explained his numerous "false stories," particularly those about military honors he actually never earned and war wounds he never sustained, with psychopathological imposture-theories. The drawback of this approach is that it reduces and oversimplifies the complex psychological and aesthetic phenomenon of Faulkner's role-playing. Instead, this critical study by one of the most acclaimed international Faulkner scholars takes its cue from Nietzsche's concept of "t |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-300) and index. |
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