{"product_id":"faulkner-and-mystery-paperback","title":"Faulkner and Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnette Trefzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnn J. Abadie\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions by Hosam Aboul-Ela, Susan V. Donaldson, Richard Godden, Michael Gorra, Lisa Hinrichsen, Donald M. Kartiganer, Sarah Mahurin, Sean McCann, Noel Polk, Esther Sánchez-Pardo, Annette Trefzer, Rachel Watson, and Philip Weinstein \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaulkner and Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e presents a wide spectrum of compelling arguments about the role and function of mystery in William Faulkner's fiction. Twelve new essays approach the question of what can be known and what remains a secret in the narratives of the Nobel laureate. Scholars debate whether or not Faulkner's work attempts to solve mysteries or celebrate the enigmas of life and the elusiveness of truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Scholars scrutinize Faulkner's use of the contemporary crime and detection genre as well as novels that deepen a plot rather than solve it. Several essays are dedicated to exploring the narrative strategies and ideological functions of Faulkner's take on the detective story, the classic \"whodunit.\" Among Faulkner's novels most interested in the format of detection is \u003ci\u003eIntruder in the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e, which assumes a central role in this essay collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Other contributors explore the thickening mysteries of racial and sexual identity, particularly the enigmatic nature of his female and African American characters. Questions of insight, cognition, and judgment in Faulkner's work are also at the center of essays that explore his storytelling techniques, plot development, and the inscrutability of language itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnette Trefzer \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of English at the University of Mississippi. She is author of \u003ci\u003eExposing Mississippi: Eudora Welty's Photographic Reflections\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDisturbing Indians: The Archaeology of Southern Fiction \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of \u003ci\u003eGlobal Faulkner\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFaulkner's Sexualities\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFaulkner and Formalism: Returns of the Text\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFaulkner and the Native South, \u003c\/i\u003e all published by University Press of Mississippi, and her work has appeared in many journals. \u003cb\u003eAnn J. Abadie\u003c\/b\u003e is former associate director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi and coeditor of numerous scholarly collections from the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47332536877305,"sku":"9781496843395","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/K29JU1Z0UEJBWGRqbEUybUtJSEZwQT09.webp?v=1769631418","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/faulkner-and-mystery-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}