Jay Watson, Faulkner and the Faces of Modernity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6187546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Kuhn (0000-0002-0938-0543, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.16848 |
| OpenAlex | W3156647577 |
| Language | EN |
Jay Watson, Faulkner and the Faces of Modernity. Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp.396. ISBN: 9780198849742 Joseph Kuhn, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań This study of William Faulkner is an exhilarating book to read. Jay Watson’s historicist and new materialist interpretations—which have an intensely granular focus—allow readers to see important things in Faulkner’s writing that they might have overlooked. Why, for example, in The Sound and the Fury does Benjy use a full stop at the end o
Art · Art history · Epistemology · Historicism · Literature · Materialism · Modernity · Theology · Watson · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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