Robbing The Mother : Women in Faulkner

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William Faulkner claimed that it may be necessary for a writer to "rob his mother," should the need arise. "If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies," he remarked. This study of Faulkner's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clarke, Deborah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Faulkner, William, > 1897-1962.
Faulkner, William, > 1897-1962 > Characters > Women.
American Literature.
Languages & Literatures.
English.
Women in literature.
Women and literature.
Mothers in literature.
Motherhood in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:William Faulkner claimed that it may be necessary for a writer to "rob his mother," should the need arise. "If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies," he remarked. This study of Faulkner's paradoxical attitude toward women, particularly mothers, will stimulate debate and concern, for his novels are shown here to have presented them as both a source and a threat to being and to language."My reading of Faulkner," the author says, "attempts more than an identification of female stereotyp.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781604736618

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