Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Berliner, Jonathan

Titel

William Faulkner and the materials of writing

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references and index
• Not even past : media, history, and repurposing the text : Requiem for a nun and Absalom, Absalom! -- Parchment bodies : race and writing materials : Light in august, Intruder in the dust, and Faulkner's American Indian stories -- Inkwell eyes : femininity and masculinity : Sanctuary and Soldiers' pay to Hollywood Boulevard -- Circles of media : Pylon and the afterlife of Faulkner's novels -- On carpentry : a fable, Faulkner's materials of writing, and the question of literature -- From ivory to foolscap : writing and intimacy in The town and the mansion.
• "This book explores William Faulkner's use of writing materials old and new in his fiction, including old paper and parchment, typewriters and telegrams. It combines this analysis with the publication history of Faulkner's works to tell a story about what it means to live in a world of media"--