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William Faulkner and the materials of writing / Jonathan Berliner

Author
Berliner, Jonathan, 1975-
Published
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (vii, 196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Contents
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.
Summary
William Faulkner and the Materials of Writing examines the many physical texts in Faulkner's novels and stories from letters and telegrams to Bibles, billboards, and even the alphabetic shape of airport runways. Current investigations in print culture, book history, and media studies often emphasize the controlling power of technological form; instead, this book demonstrates how media should be understood in the context of its use. Throughout Faulkner's oeuvre, various kinds of writing become central to characters forming a sense of the self as well as bonds of intimacy, while ideologies of race and gender connect to the body through the vehicle of writing. This book combines close reading analysis of Faulkner's fiction with the publication history of his works that together offer a case study about what it means to live in a world permeated by media.
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ISBN
9781009222365 (ebook)
9781009222327 (hardback)
9781009222334 (paperback)
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 May 2023).
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