Faulkner's Go Down, Moses is, perhaps, the most neglected of his fiction. The present work undertakes a critical re-evaluation of this novel, explores the hitherto unknown dimensions of Faulkner's poetic art, and reveals his poetic genius in all its glory in this novel. It has thrown critical insights into the uniqueness of Go Down, Moses as a novel, an esthetically devised three-dimensional literary artifact.
Ever since its publication in 1942, Faulkner's Go Down, Moses has drawn serious critical attention to the problem of terming it as a novel or a collection of short stories. This book has put an end to the eighty-year-old debate and established that it is a novel, thus easing the critical tension the novel has created. Further, it has resolved the hitherto unresolved critical issues such as the function of Part IV in " The Bear" and the justification of the title of the novel.
The first chapter of this book projects Faulkner as a committed artist, telling stories in a new idiom and a novel manner and thus appealing to the reader's imagination. The second chapter focuses on the historical, social, and cultural climate of the South and its impact on his works. The third chapter highlights Faulkner's achievement of generic excellence and how his poetic imagination is at play in this achievement. The fourth and fifth chapters form the climax of this book and bring to the limelight the greatness of Faulkner as a unique poet. A Note appended to this book explains how Faulkner's conception of Time has molded his narrative poetics.
Faulkner's Go Down, Moses is, perhaps, the most neglected of his fiction. The present work undertakes a critical re-evaluation of this novel, explores the hitherto unknown dimensions of Faulkner's poetic art, and reveals his poetic genius in all its glory in this novel. It has thrown critical insights into the uniqueness of Go Down, Moses as a novel, an esthetically devised three-dimensional literary artifact.
Ever since its publication in 1942, Faulkner's Go Down, Moses has drawn serious critical attention to the problem of terming it as a novel or a collection of short stories. This book has put an end to the eighty-year-old debate and established that it is a novel, thus easing the critical tension the novel has created. Further, it has resolved the hitherto unresolved critical issues such as the function of Part IV in " The Bear" and the justification of the title of the novel.
The first chapter of this book projects Faulkner as a committed artist, telling stories in a new idiom and a novel manner and thus appealing to the reader's imagination. The second chapter focuses on the historical, social, and cultural climate of the South and its impact on his works. The third chapter highlights Faulkner's achievement of generic excellence and how his poetic imagination is at play in this achievement. The fourth and fifth chapters form the climax of this book and bring to the limelight the greatness of Faulkner as a unique poet. A Note appended to this book explains how Faulkner's conception of Time has molded his narrative poetics.
William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses: a Critical Review
William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses: a Critical Review
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940166697936 |
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| Publisher: | Maruthavanan Natanam |
| Publication date: | 10/12/2022 |
| Sold by: | Draft2Digital |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 198 KB |