Faulkner and the politics of reading

By Karl F. Zender

Subjects: Social problems in literature, In literature, Politics and literature, Politics in literature, Criticism and interpretation, History, Literature and society, Literature, history and criticism, Political and social views

Description: "With this study Karl F. Zender offers fresh readings of individual novels, themes, and motifs while also assessing the impact of recent politicized interpretations on our understanding of Faulkner's achievement. Sympathetically acknowledging the need to decenter the canon, Zender's searching interrogation of current theory clears a breathing space for Faulkner and his readers between the fustier remnants of New Criticism and the excesses of post-structuralism."--BOOK JACKET.