Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations Used ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Part One Invisible Communities
7. 1 Alternative Communities in Faulkner 1
8. 2 Murder and the Communities: "Nice Believing" in Light in August 19
9. 3 Androgyny in The Wild Palms: Variations on Light in August 37
10. Part Two Outlaw Communities
11. 4 "Man Enough to Call You Whore": And Daddy Makes Three in Sanctuary 59
12. 5 Paternity in Pylon: "Some Little Sign?" 81
13. Part Three. Unspeakable Community
14. 6 Patriarchal Designation: The Repression of the Feminine in Absalom, Absalom! 101
15. 7 Female Subject Positions in Faulkner 119
16. Notes 133
17. Works Cited 147
18. Index 155