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1 online resource (222 pages) |
| Contents |
Before Morphosis -- Nascent Morphosis -- Continued Morphosis -- Inside Morphosis -- Within Morphosis -- Subsumed Morphosis |
| Summary |
In an interdisciplinary approach that combines interpretive theory with the sociology and psychology of games, Faulkner's Gambitexamines the chess structures, motifs, and imagery in William Faulkner's only novella, situating this critically neglected work within both a historical and literary context. This study traces the rise to prominence of chess in America from its promotion as a self-actualizing and socially beneficial tool by Benjamin Franklin to its prebellum height with the legendary exploits of the nineteenth-century Louisianan maestro Paul Morphy |
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"This book offers the first full-length study of the chess structures, motifs, and imagery in William Faulkner's Knight's Gambit. Wainwright looks at the importance of chess as a literary device and examines the structural analogy drawn between the game and linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Knight's gambit
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Saussure, Ferdinand de, 1857-1913. Cours de linguistique générale.
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| SUBJECT |
Cours de linguistique générale (Saussure, Ferdinand de) fast |
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Knight's gambit (Faulkner, William) fast |
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Chess in literature.
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Literary studies: general.
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Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Literature.
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Chess in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137015983 |
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1137015985 |
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