Faulkner On and Off the Page : Essays in Biographical Criticism

University Press of Mississippi

Faulkner on and Off the PageEssays in Biographical Criticism\nAuthor(s): Carl Rollyson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781496856050, 978-1496856050\nSynopsis\nThough numerous biographies have been published on William Faulkner, readers are often presented conflicting interpretations of his life and work. Faulkners view of himself and his own family was mercurial, and it is widely acknowledged that Faulkner was an unreliable narrator of his own life. As a result, biographies of Faulkner echo and complicate the multitude of ways he portrayed himself, accepting that truthif it existsis subjective. Like his work, Faulkners own life, then, is not only open to different readings but welcomes them within the landscape of his oeuvre.\n\nFaulkner On and Off the Page acknowledges the challenges of \""factifying\"" a life into a textual narrative, while also emphasizing the potential for biography t.