Readers know that humor abounds in the writings of William
Faulkner, but the thousands of articles and hundreds of books about
his fiction contain little commentary on Faulknerian humor. To give
attention to this subject crying out for schlarly treatment,
numerous aspects of Faulknerian humor were explored at the Eleventh
Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference held in 1984 at the
University of Mississippi.
Thirteen papers presented at that conference are collected in
this volume. Deploring the scholar's tendency to emphasize only
Faulkner's serious themes and to neglect the humor that is a
natural part of his world, the editors have collected papers
showing that humor is not a separate, subordinate part of Faulkner
but is indeed at the heart of his writing. The various essays find
natural humor even in "The Sound and the Fury" and "Light in
August," novels which are traditionally viewed only as tragedies.
The elements of Southerwestern humor, folk humor, black humor, and
classical comedy emerge from Faulkner's books and give them much of
their vigor.
Thus "Faulkner and Humor" offers fresh vision for Faulkner's
legions of readers who have seen his fiction as arising only from a
dark and forbidding world.
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