Faulkner and the Politics of Reading by Karl F. Zender - 9780807127612

Faulkner and the Politics of ReadingAuthor(s): Karl F. Zender\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Louisiana State University Press, United States\nImprint: Louisiana State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780807127612, 978-0807127612\nSynopsis\nWith this study Karl F. Zender offers fresh readings of individual novels, themes, and motifs while also assessing the impact of recent politicised interpretations on our understanding of Faulkner's achievement. Sympathetically acknowledging the need to decenter the canon, Zender's searching interrogation of current theory clears a breathing space for Faulkner and his readers between the fustier remnants of New Criticism and the excesses of post-structuralism.\n\nEach chapter opens with a balanced presentation of the genuine gifts contemporary theory has bestowed on our comprehension of a particular novel or problem in Faulkner criticism and then proceeds with a groundbreaking reading. \""\""The Politics of Incest\""\"" challenges older psychoanalytic interp.