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Author Hönnighausen, Lothar

Title Faulkner : masks and metaphors / Lothar Hönnighausen
Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 311 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction; Primary Texts: List of Abbreviations; Preludes; Masks and Metaphors of the Artist; Metaphorizing and Role-Play in Narration and Reading; Conclusion: Pastoral Portrait; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary That Faulkner was a "liar" not just in his writing but also in his life has troubled many critics. They have explained his numerous "false stories," particularly those about military honors he actually never earned and war wounds he never sustained, with psychopathological imposture-theories. The drawback of this approach is that it reduces and oversimplifies the complex psychological and aesthetic phenomenon of Faulkner's role-playing. Instead, this critical study by one of the most acclaimed international Faulkner scholars takes its cue from Nietzsche's concept of "t
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-300) and index
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Subject Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Literary style
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
Metaphor.
Role playing in literature.
Disguise in literature.
Metaphor
metaphor.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Disguise in literature
Metaphor
Role playing in literature
Literary style
Metaforen.
Beeldvorming.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585034028
9780585034027
1578068738
9781578068739
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9781604736182