num_pages: 376
description: This intellectual biography of William Faulkner traces the author's attempt to liberate himself from the repressive Victorian culture in which he was raised by embracing the Modernist culture of the artistic avant-garde. Daniel Singal argues that, to accommodate the conflicting demands of these two cultures, Faulkner created a complex and fluid structure of selfhood based on a set of dual roles -- one, a Modernist author writing on the most daring and subversive issues of his day, and the other, a southern country gentleman loyal to the conservative mores of his community. Indeed, Singal says, it is in the clash between these two selves that one finds the key to making sense of Faulkner and his work.
language: English
title: William Faulkner: The Making of a Modernist
titlecomplete: William Faulkner: The Making of a Modernist (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)
genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 14
series: Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies
publisher: The University of North Carolina Press