Description
Book SynopsisOffering innovative readings of these canonical works, this study sheds new light on Faulkner's uniquely American modernism.
Trade ReviewLurie fills a gap in Faulkner studies by looking at the influence of film and popular culture on the great Mississippian's work. Choice 2005 Well structured and elegantly written, this is one of the most important recent books on Faulkner. -- Paula Elyseu American Literature 2006
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction. Adorno's Modernism and the Historicity of Popular Culture
Chapter 1. "Some Quality of Delicate Paradox": Sanctuary's Generative Conflict of High and Low
Chapter 2. "Get Me a Nigger": Master, Surveillance, and Joe Christmas's Spectral Identity
Chapter 3. "Some Trashy Myth of Reality's Escape": Romance, History, and Film Viewing in Absalom, Absalom!
Chapter 4. Screening Readerly Pleasures: Modernism, Melodrama, and Mass Markets in If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem
Conclusion. Modernism, Jail Cells, and the Senses
Notes
Works Cited
Index
