Children of the dark house
Subtitle: text and context in Faulkner
By: Noel Polk.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Southern States -- In literature.
Description: This book collects choice selections of his Faulkner criticism from the past fifteen years. Its publication and underscores the significance of Polk's indispensable work in Faulkner studies, both in criticism and in the editing of Faulkner's texts.

In the title essay, his focus is mainly upon the context of Freudian themes, expressly in the works written between 1927 and 1932, the period in which Faulkner wrote and ultimately revised Sanctuary, a novel to which Polk has given concentrated study during his distinguished career. He has connected the literature with the life in a way not achieved in previous criticism. Although other critics, notably John T.

Irwin and Andre Bleikasten, have explored Oedipal themes, neither perceived them operating so completely at the center of Faulkner's work as Polk does in this essay.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.