Faulkner: International Perspectives (Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878052178 ISBN 13: 9780878052172

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 1984

Synopsis

The international reputation and pervasive influence of William Faulkner upon world literature is the subject of the papers In this book.

At the Ninth Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, held in August 1982 at the University of Mississippi, scholars from throughout the world convened to express their admiration for the writings of the Nobel Laureate. For this collection, the papers of scholars from Chile, Italy, France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Japan, Germany and the United States are assembled from this international forum to assess Faulkner and his works and to answer questions about the extent of his influence.

Is Faulkner read overseas? Is he popular? Is Faulkner's "postage stamp of native soil" nevertheless universally accessible? As the editors of this collection conclude, "the name of William Faulkner has become a household word in far-distant countries." They find in the responses from scholars representing the nine countries included at the conference that "everywhere Faulkner was a known quantity; everywhere he was read and admired. Ultimately . . . Faulkner speaks to the hearts of the people of the world."

Included is a bibliographical appendix listing translations and recent foreign criticism of Faulkner's works.

About this title

Book Description:

Essays on William Faulkner’s work from foreign perspectives

About the Author:

Doreen Fowler is professor of English at the University of Kansas. Ann J. Abadie was associate director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi and is coeditor of numerous scholarly collections from the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0878052178
• ISBN 13: 9780878052172
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Fowler Doreen, Abadie Ann J.