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OverviewJames Ferguson’s comprehensive overview of William Faulkner’s short fiction is a systematic study of this body of work, which Faulkner produced over a period of forty years. Based on his reading of the manuscripts and typescripts of the stories, Ferguson examines Faulkner’s struggle to master the special problems posed by the genre. While Ferguson offers a variety of new perspectives on the short fiction, he emphasizes solipsism as a key theme. The book is organized topically. A chronological survey of Faulkner’s career as a writer of short fiction is followed by chapters devoted to aspects of Faulkner’s craft: thematic patterns, point of view, and other technical and formal matters. The concluding chapter deals with the relationship between Faulkner’s stories and his books. Ferguson offers a frank assessment of Faulkner’s failures and successes as a writer of short fiction along with an exhaustive bibliography of the stories. He urges students and scholars to study Faulkner’s contribution to this genre both as an extraordinary body of work in its own right and as a means of understanding more fully Faulkner’s total achievement. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James FergusonPublisher: University of Tennessee Press Imprint: University of Tennessee Press Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.350kg ISBN: 9781621903062ISBN 10: 1621903060 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 October 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJames Ferguson holds the Endowed Chair of the James A. and Sophronia R. McKee Professorship in English Literature at Hanover College Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |