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William Faulkner: An Economy of Complex Words
Richard Godden
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Description for William Faulkner: An Economy of Complex Words
Hardback. Traces how the William Faulkner's fiction echoes the economic and racial traumas of the South's modernization in the mid-twentieth century. By demonstrating the interrelation of literary forms and economic systems, this book describes, the poetics of an economy. It makes helps the reader understand the relation between literature and history. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
In William Faulkner, Richard Godden traces how the novelist's late fiction echoes the economic and racial traumas of the South's delayed modernization in the mid-twentieth century. As the New Deal rapidly accelerated the long-term shift from tenant farming to modern agriculture, many African Americans were driven from the land and forced to migrate north. At the same time, white landowners exchanged dependency on black labor for dependency on northern capital. Combining powerful close readings of The Hamlet, Go Down, Moses, and A Fable with an examination of southern economic history from the 1930s to the 1950s, Godden shows how the ... Read more
In William Faulkner, Richard Godden traces how the novelist's late fiction echoes the economic and racial traumas of the South's delayed modernization in the mid-twentieth century. As the New Deal rapidly accelerated the long-term shift from tenant farming to modern agriculture, many African Americans were driven from the land and forced to migrate north. At the same time, white landowners exchanged dependency on black labor for dependency on northern capital. Combining powerful close readings of The Hamlet, Go Down, Moses, and A Fable with an examination of southern economic history from the 1930s to the 1950s, Godden shows how the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
20/21
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691130712
SKU
V9780691130712
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About Richard Godden
Richard Godden is professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of "Fictions of Labor: William Faulkner and the South's Long Revolution" and "Fictions of Capital: The American Novel from James to Mailer".
Reviews for William Faulkner: An Economy of Complex Words
Winner of the 2007 Book Prize, British Association for American Studies "William Faulkner: An Economy of Complex Words is an important contribution to Faulkner studies."
Barbara Ladd, Studies in American Fiction "For readers who enjoyed and admired the first volume, this one offers vintage Godden and potentially paradigm-shifting criticism... It is in the close readings that the energies of this book ... Read more
Barbara Ladd, Studies in American Fiction "For readers who enjoyed and admired the first volume, this one offers vintage Godden and potentially paradigm-shifting criticism... It is in the close readings that the energies of this book ... Read more