Primitivism and Masculinity in the Works of William Faulkner: Submitted to the University of Pittsburgh Graduate Faculty in the Division of the Humanities

Lyman W. Theemler

Published by University of Pittsburgh, 1960

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1960 Lyman W. Theemler / University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 8 3/8 x 11 inches tall blue faux leather hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, iv, 115 pp. Minor to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Very slight bumping to tips. A few pages with slight soiling or creasing. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of this master's thesis on William Faulkner. ~SP44~ William Cuthbert Faulkner (1897 - 1962) was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays, and screenplays. He is primarily known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. 'In all of Faulkner's works, primitivism and masculinity are the materials of his carefully woven fictional design,' according to this thesis, which studies this design in depth, 'to present an analysis of William Faulkner's ever interesting, sometimes confusing, presentation of these twin principles.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Primitivism and Masculinity in the Works of William Faulkner: Submitted to the University of Pittsburgh Graduate Faculty in the Division of the Humanities
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh
• Publication Date: 1960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good