Faulkner
MSU Affiliation
College of Arts and Sciences; Department of English
Creation Date
2025-12-15
Abstract
An accounting of Faulkner scholarship in 2011 in comparison with previous years indicates a recessionary trend that is a microcosmic reflection of the persistent macrocosmic hard times in academia as a whole. While the quality of scholarly output remains high, there is a noticeable downturn in the quantity. As for other general trends, the prevailing move away from single-author studies in academic publishing continues to register in Faulkner studies. In spite of the downturn, though, the scholarship demonstrates that Faulkner studies remains a vital site of critical discussion and debate in which remarkably diverse and compelling lines of inquiry converge to advance understanding of Faulkner's fiction and, in so doing, to remind us why his work continues to matter to literary and cultural studies.
Publication Date
9-1-2023
Publication Title
American Literary Scholarship, An Annual (2011)
Publisher
Duke University Press
First Page
173
Last Page
187
Recommended Citation
Ted Atkinson; Faulkner. American Literary Scholarship 1 September 2013; 2011 (1): 173-187. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00659142-1965559
