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RUECKERT |\n\nFaulkner from Within  \nFaulkner from Within  \nDestructive and Generative Being in the Novels of William Faulkner  \nWilliam H. Rueckert  \nParlor Press  \nWest Lafayette, Indiana  \n[www.parlorpress.com](www.parlorpress.com)  \nGrateful acknowledgment is made to the University of Virginia Library for permission to use the cover image from the William Faulkner Papers (\\#6074) in The Albert and Shirley Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.  \nParlor Press LLC, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906  \n© 2004 by Parlor Press All rights reserved.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nS A N: 2 5 4-8 8 7 9  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2003115229  \nRueckert, William H. 1926–  \nFaulkner from within : destructive and generative being in the novels of William Faulkner / William H. Rueckert.  \nISBN ISBN 1-932559-04-3 (Adobe eBook)  \nIncludes notes, bibliographical references, and index.  \n1. Faulkner, William, 1897–1962—Criticism and interpretation.  \nI. Title. II. Series.  \nISBN 1-932559-02-7 (Paper)  \nISBN 1-932559-03-5 (Cloth)  \nISBN 1-932559-04-3 (Adobe eBook)  \nISBN 1-932559-05-1 (TK3)  \nPrinted on acid-free paper.  \nParlor Press, LLC is an independent publisher of scholarly and trade titles in print and multimedia formats. ɨis book is also available in cloth and paper, as well as in Night Kitchen (TK3) format, from Parlor Press on the WWW at [http://www.parlorpress.com. For](http://www.parlorpress.com. For) submission information or to find out about Parlor Press publications, write to Parlor Press, 816 Robinson St., West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, or e-mail [editor@parlorpress.com](editor@parlorpress.com).  \nFor My Sons  \nɨeron, Quentin, Jordan, Morgan And our Faulknerian life together  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments ix Introduction xi  \nList of Abbreviations xxii  \nPart I: 1927-1932  \n1. Faulkner Discovers His Native Territory 3  \nFlags in the Dust (1926-1927; published 1973)  \n2. Faulkner’s First Great Novel: Anguish in the Genes 24 The Sound and the Fury (1929)  \n3. Destructive and Destroyed Being 49 The Coffin of Being 49  \nAs I Lay Dying (1930)  \nA Grammar of Negative Being 61  \nSanctuary (1931)  \nDemonic Incarnation and the Pestilential Word 69 Light in August (1932)  \nPart II: 1935-1940  \n4. Verticality and Flight Passions 89 Pylon (1935)  \n5. Faulkner and the Civil War 100 Sutpen’s Vortex of Destruction 100  \nAbsalom, Absalom! (1936)  \nBayard’s Last Stand 123  \nThe Unvanquished (1938)  \n6. Faulkner’s Dialectical Novel 127 The Wild Palms (1939)  \n7. Economic, Moral, and Sexual Passions in The Hamlet 141 The Hamlet (1940)  \nviii Contents  \nPart III: 1942  \n8. Curing the Work of Time 159  \nGo Down, Moses (1942)  \nPart IV: 1948-1962  \n9. Beginning the Work of Redemption 261  \nThe Education of Chick Mallison 262  \nIntruder in the Dust (1948)  \nRedeeming the Earlier Works 269  \nFaulkner’s Paladin 270  \nKnight’s Gambit (1949)  \n10 December 1950 272  \n10. Cleansing the Temple 274 Requiem for a Nun (1951)  \n11. War, Power and The Book:  \nFaulkner’s Fable for Tomorrow 293  \nA Fable (1944-1953: published, 1954)  \n12. Social Comedy in Yoknapatawpha County 325 The Town (1957) and The Mansion (1959)  \n13. Serene and Comic: The Joyful Act of Closure 337 The Reivers (1962)  \nNotes 341  \nBibliography 350  \nIndex 356  \nAcknowledgments  \nThis book has been a long time in the making and like any book this long, which has gone through so many revisions, it owes a lotto its many devoted typists. I acknowledge them all with gratitude. Two of these recent typists have been heroic in their devotion to this manuscript: Gail English (with some help from Marie Henry), one of our secretaries in the English Department at SUNY/Geneseo, put the whole text on disks for me the year that I retired so that I would be sure to finish it after I retired; and my wife, Barbara, has reformatted it,","cbCaikriCEp707tt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikriCEp707tt","pdf",2221195,385,"English","# Contents\n## Acknowledgments\n## Introduction\n## List of Abbreviations\n## Part I: 1927-1932\n## Part II: 1935-1940\n## Part III: 1942\n## Part IV: 1948-1962\n## Notes\n## Bibliography\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of the book?\",\"answer\":\"The book analyzes destructive and generative being in William Faulkner’s novels, tracing how these forces shape themes and literary expression across his works.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the study structured?\",\"answer\":\"It is divided into multiple parts covering different periods, moving from early works (1927–1932) through later phases (1935–1940, 1942, and 1948–1962).\"},{\"question\":\"Which reference materials are included to support the analysis?\",\"answer\":\"The book includes notes, bibliographical references, and an index, along with an introduction and a list of abbreviations.\"}]","Faulkner from Within - Destructive and Generative Being in the Novels of William Faulkner - William H. 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