One Matchless Time: A Life of William FaulknerHarper Collins, 17 Mar 2009 - 532 sayfa William Faulkner was a literary genius, and one of America's most important and influential writers. Drawing on previously unavailable sources -- including letters, memoirs, and interviews with Faulkner's daughter and lovers -- Jay Parini has crafted a biography that delves into the mystery of this gifted and troubled writer. His Faulkner is an extremely talented, obsessive artist plagued by alcoholism and a bad marriage who somehow transcends his limitations. Parini weaves the tragedies and triumphs of Faulkner's life in with his novels, serving up a biography that's as engaging as it is insightful. |
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THREE Excursions and Extensions | 55 |
FOUR Into His Own | 91 |
SEVEN The Writer as Patriarch | 192 |
EIGHT Wilderness | 229 |
NINE Seven Lean Years | 268 |
ELEVEN In His Time | 343 |
TWELVE Significant Soil | 381 |
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One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner Jay Parini,Axinn Professor of English Jay Parini Sınırlı önizleme - 2004 |
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