Second printing (first published 1974). xviii, 222 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket slightly soiled; some scuffs and minor bumps at edges. Red cloth with bright gilt and black stamping to spine; light scuffing to spine heel. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. With Preface, Acknowledgements, List of Abbreviations, and Index. Features eight chapters divided amongst three parts: "Abstraction and Aesthetics" (I-"The Milieu: Delineating Things;" II-"The Alternative: Sublimating the Actual"); "Abstraction and Inauthenticity" (III-"Evading: Becoming Impervious to Actuality;" IV-"Objectifying: The Abstraction Nailed in a Box;" V-"Codifying: The Abstraction Held Symmetrical Above the Flesh;" VI-"Conceptualizing: The Abstraction Grasped as a Fine Dead Sound"); and "Abstraction and Authenticity" (VII-"Authenticity: You Would Not Escape Even If You Had the Choice;" VIII-"Abstraction: Shapes and Sounds as Means to Truth"). ISBN 0807100838.

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Title

WILLIAM FAULKNER; THE ABSTRACT AND THE ACTUAL.

Publisher

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press [LSU Press], 1976.

Publication Date

1976

Language

English

ISBN 10

0807100838

ISBN 13

9780807100837

Binding

Hardcover

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Broughton, Panthea Reid, William Faulkner: The Abstract And The Actual

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Panthea Reid Broughton taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Louisiana State University. She has published extensively in literary quarterlies and has reviewed for Saturday Review World, the Chicago Sun Times, and the New York Times Book Review.

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