02237nam 2200505Ia 450 991082006790332120200520144314.01-283-28243-797866132824391-60473-618-6(CKB)2550000000049374(EBL)776541(OCoLC)300772924(MiAaPQ)EBC776541(EXLCZ)99255000000004937419970221d1997 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFaulkner masks and metaphors /Lothar Honnighausen1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippic19971 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57806-873-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-300) and index.Cover; Contents; Introduction; Primary Texts: List of Abbreviations; Preludes; Masks and Metaphors of the Artist; Metaphorizing and Role-Play in Narration and Reading; Conclusion: Pastoral Portrait; Notes; Works Cited; IndexThat Faulkner was a ""liar"" not just in his writing but also in his life has troubled many critics. They have explained his numerous ""false stories,"" particularly those about military honors he actually never earned and war wounds he never sustained, with psychopathological imposture-theories. The drawback of this approach is that it reduces and oversimplifies the complex psychological and aesthetic phenomenon of Faulkner's role-playing. Instead, this critical study by one of the most acclaimed international Faulkner scholars takes its cue from Nietzsche's concept of ""truth as a mobile armMetaphorRole playing in literatureDisguise in literatureMetaphor.Role playing in literature.Disguise in literature.813/.52Honnighausen Lothar710159MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820067903321Faulkner3957194UNINA