Faulkner's Artistic Vision: The Bizarre and the Terrible

Yamaguchi (English and American literature, Aichi U., Toyohashi, Japan) explores American writer William Faulkner's (1897-1962) use of humor in his novels from Soldier's Pay to Absalom, Absalom, which are known mostly for their tragic intensity. He focuses on the relation of the jokes to the novels in which they appear rather than to Faulkner's unconsciousness, allowing him more authorial control than current theory considers quite decent. Distributed by Associated University Presses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR