Here is a book that will be received with gratitude by readers who
want to take headway in Faulkner's world but feel they need some
guidance in their journey. The first section of the book is devoted
to a discussion of Faulkner's social and moral themes, essentially
his roots in and attitudes toward the South, its past, present, and
future. Here is "The World of Yoknapatawpha", in which Faulkner
tests the myth of the South, the myth of a defeated homeland which
retreats from the troublesome present and the unavailable future
into a glorious though constantly (for Faulkner) more questionable
past. In the second portion of the book the author goes into more
detailed analysis of the major portion of Faulkner's work. This is
surely no definitive work on Faulkner - it will probably evoke
comment from thinkers who feel differently about the artist's work
or who feel that the book requires supplementation, but it is a
thoughtful book which, honors (with some reservations) the artist
and encourages the examination and enjoyment of his writing,
thereby fulfilling Mr. Howe's concept of criticism. Howe feels that
Faulkner's greatest strength (and contribution) lies in his
capacity ?? enrich American literature with a direct and forceful
utterance of universal and deep octions; that his limitation lies
in his intellectual lack, to date, of the "capacity or a high order
of comment and observation". (Kirkus Reviews)
In this fourth edition of his celebrated study of Faulkner, Irving
Howe analyzes all of the great author's works, emphasizing the
themes that run throughout the novels and stories. "The scheme of
my book is simple," Mr. Howe writes. "First, I have tried to say
what Faulkner's work is `about,' to report on the social and moral
themes in his books; and then I have tried to analyze and evaluate
the more important novels." Anyone who has enjoyed the special
flavor of Faulkner's writing will appreciate Mr. Howe's careful
analysis, and the student of twentieth-century American literature
will gain new perspective and insight. Mr.Howe successfully
portrays the intimate connection between Faulkner's fiction and the
emotional and psychic history of the South without slighting the
universality that makes him one of America's greatest writers. "Mr.
Howe is a shrewd critic, and he writes of Faulkner's achievements
as a practicing novelist with a wary respect. He has a good many
observations to make that should help readers in going through the
novels."-Alfred Kazin, New York Times.
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