1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813264203321

Autore

Atkinson Ted <1967->

Titolo

Faulkner and the Great Depression : aesthetics, ideology, and cultural politics / / Ted Atkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-72610-2

9786612726101

0-8203-3085-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

813/.52

Soggetti

Literature and history - United States - History - 20th century

Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century

Social problems in literature

Depressions in literature

History in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Placement and perspective: Faulkner and the Great Depression -- History and culture : Faulkner in political context -- Decadence and dispossession : Faulkner and the "literary class war" -- Power by design : Faulkner and the specter of fascism -- Revolution and restraint : Faulkner's ambivalent agrarianism -- Destruction and Reconstruction: Faulkner's Civil War and the politics of recovery.

Sommario/riassunto

The first comprehensive study to consider Faulkner's most acclaimed works within the sociocultural context of the Depression. Atkinson argues that through his social vision and connections to the rural South, Hollywood, and New York, Faulkner offers readers remarkable new insight into Depression concerns.