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9. A Puritan Tragedy:

Absalom, Absalom!
  • Peter Swiggart
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The Art of Faulkner's Novels
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© 2021 University of Texas Press

© 2021 University of Texas Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments of Permissions vi
  3. CONTENTS vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. PART ONE: FAULKNER’S NARRATIVE WORLD
  6. 1. Faulkner as Romancer 1
  7. 2. Themes and Techniques 8
  8. 3. The Use of Social Myth 27
  9. 4. Man against Nature 41
  10. 5. Experiments in Narration 61
  11. PART TWO: THE MAJOR NOVELS
  12. 6. Rage against Time 87
  13. 7. A Modern Mock-Epic: 108
  14. 8. The Puritan Sinner: 131
  15. 9. A Puritan Tragedy: 149
  16. PART THREE: LATER WORKS
  17. 10. From Go Down, Moses to A Fable 173
  18. 11. The Snopes Trilogy 195
  19. A Note on The Reivers 207
  20. Selected Faulkner Works 215
  21. Index 217
https://doi.org/10.7560/731660-011

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments of Permissions vi
  3. CONTENTS vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. PART ONE: FAULKNER’S NARRATIVE WORLD
  6. 1. Faulkner as Romancer 1
  7. 2. Themes and Techniques 8
  8. 3. The Use of Social Myth 27
  9. 4. Man against Nature 41
  10. 5. Experiments in Narration 61
  11. PART TWO: THE MAJOR NOVELS
  12. 6. Rage against Time 87
  13. 7. A Modern Mock-Epic: 108
  14. 8. The Puritan Sinner: 131
  15. 9. A Puritan Tragedy: 149
  16. PART THREE: LATER WORKS
  17. 10. From Go Down, Moses to A Fable 173
  18. 11. The Snopes Trilogy 195
  19. A Note on The Reivers 207
  20. Selected Faulkner Works 215
  21. Index 217
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