Faulkner
MSU Affiliation
College of Arts and Sciences; Department of English
Creation Date
2025-12-15
Abstract
A survey of the William Faulkner studies landscape in 2010 shows that the author's "postage stamp of native soil" remains a favorite destination for scholars toting an array of critical baggage. True to form, this body of work serves as a veritable microcosm of broader critical discourses in a range of fields: Faulkner studies, Southern studies, American studies, cultural studies, and globalization studies. One noticeable trend this year is the proliferation of comparative studies. Some of the pairings extend long lines of critical inquiry, bringing Ernest Hemingway or Toni Morrison into contact with Faulkner. Others run along lines less traveled, for example, comparisons of Faulkner's work to that of W. E. B. Du Bois, Kate Chopin, or contemporary writers working in a conspicuously postmodern vein.
Publication Date
9-1-2012
Publication Title
American Literary Scholarship: An Annual, 2010
Publisher
Duke University Press
First Page
181
Last Page
197
Recommended Citation
Ted Atkinson; Faulkner. American Literary Scholarship 1 September 2012; 2010 (1): 181-197. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00659142-1501209
