Faulkner and the natural world / Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha, 1996 ; edited by Donald M. Kartiganer and Ann J. Abadie.

Author/creator Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference
Other author Kartiganer, Donald M., 1937-
Other author Abadie, Ann J.
Format Book
Publication InfoJackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©1999.
Descriptionxxii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Knowledge. --Natural history. --Congresses.
Yoknapatawpha County (Imaginary place)--Congresses.
Human ecology in literature--Congresses.
Nature in literature--Congresses.

Contents Introduction / Donald M. Kartiganer -- Faulkner and the claims of the natural world / Lawrence Buell -- Oversexing the natural world: Mosquitoes and If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem [The Wild Palms] / Thomas L. McHaney -- Unsurprised flesh: color, race, and identity in Faulkner's fiction / Theresa M. Towner -- Writing blood: the art of the literal in Light in August / Jay Watson -- Getting around the body: the matter of race and gender in Faulkner's Light in August / Mary Joanne Dondlinger -- Thomas Sutpen's marriage to the dark body of the land / Louise Westling.
Contents Faulkner and the unnatural / Myra Jehlen -- Eula, Linda, and the death of nature / Diane Roberts -- Taking the place of nature: "The Bear" and the incarnation of America / David H. Evans -- Return of the big woods: hunting and habitat in Yoknapatawpha / Wiley C. Prewitt -- Learning from Faulkner: the obituary of fear / William Kennedy.
General notePapers from the 23rd Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference held July 28-Aug. 2, 1996, sponsored by the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98029568
ISBN1578061202 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1578061210 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS3511.A86 Z7827 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold