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- Faulkner and the Native South
- Book
- 2019
- Published by: University Press of Mississippi
- Series: Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series
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Contributions by Eric Gary Anderson, Melanie R. Anderson, Jodi A. Byrd, Gina Caison, Robbie Ethridge, Patricia Galloway, LeAnne Howe, John Wharton Lowe, Katherine M. B. Osburn, Melanie Benson Taylor, Annette Trefzer, and Jay Watson
From new insights into the Chickasaw sources and far-reaching implications of Faulkner's fictional place-name "Yoknapatawpha," to discussions that reveal the potential for indigenous land-, family-, and story-based methodologies to deepen understanding of Faulkner's fiction (including but not limited to the novels and stories he devoted explicitly to Native American topics), the eleven essays of this volume advance the critical analysis of Faulkner's Native South and the Native South's Faulkner. Critics push beyond assessments of the historical accuracy of his Native representations and the colonial hybridity of his Indian characters. Essayists turn instead to indigenous intellectual culture for new models, problems, and questions to bring to Faulkner studies. Along the way, readers are treated to illuminating comparisons between Faulkner's writings and the work of a number of Native American authors, filmmakers, tribal leaders, and historical figures.
Faulkner and the Native South brings together Native and non-Native scholars in a stimulating and often surprising critical dialogue about the indigenous wellsprings of Faulkner's creative energies and about Faulkner's own complicated presence in Native American literary history.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Introduction
- pp. vii-xlii
- Note on the Conference
- pp. xliii-xlix
- Contributors
- pp. 198-200
Additional Information
ISBN
9781496818133
Related ISBN(s)
9781496818096
MARC Record
OCLC
1060180059
Pages
256
Launched on MUSE
2019-03-27
Language
English
Open Access
No