Abstract

Jay Watson, Faulkner and the Faces of Modernity. Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp.396. ISBN: 9780198849742 Joseph Kuhn, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan This study of William Faulkner is an exhilarating book to read. Jay Watson’s historicist and new materialist interpretations—which have an intensely granular focus—allow readers to see important things in Faulkner’s writing that they might have overlooked. Why, for example, in The Sound and the Fury does Benjy use a full stop at the end o...

Full Text
Published version (Free)

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call