03105nam 22006733u 450 991045753970332120210108141930.01-283-45511-097866134551161-60473-661-5(CKB)2550000000088638(EBL)866930(OCoLC)779828512(SSID)ssj0000640702(PQKBManifestationID)12179157(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000640702(PQKBWorkID)10612406(PQKB)11030573(MiAaPQ)EBC866930(EXLCZ)99255000000008863820130418d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrRobbing The Mother[electronic resource] Women in FaulknerJackson University Press of Mississippi20121 online resource (181 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57806-880-0 Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Texts; 1. ""Worth Any Number of Old Ladies""; 2. Erasing and Inventing Motherhood: The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying; 3. Sexuality, Inhumanity, and Violation: Sanctuary and The Hamlet; 4. Bodies and Language: Light in August and The Wild Palms; 5. Fantastic Women and Notmothers: Absalom, Absalom!; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; WWilliam Faulkner claimed that it may be necessary for a writer to ""rob his mother,"" should the need arise. ""If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies,"" he remarked.This study of Faulkner's paradoxical attitude toward women, particularly mothers, will stimulate debate and concern, for his novels are shown here to have presented them as both a source and a threat to being and to language.""My reading of Faulkner,"" the author says, ""attempts more than an identification of female stereotypes and an examination of misFaulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Characters -- WomenMotherhood in literatureMothers in literatureWomen and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryWomen in literatureEnglishHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCAmerican LiteratureHILCCElectronic books.Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Characters -- Women.Motherhood in literature.Mothers in literature.Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.Women in literature.EnglishLanguages & LiteraturesAmerican Literature813/.52Clarke Deborah958274AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910457539703321Robbing The Mother2171095UNINA