Faulkner and Psychology

by Donald M. Kartiganer, Ann J. Abadie

Overview

Works by the Nobel Prize author as seen in psychological perspectives. Papers from the Faulkner Conference held in 1991 at the University of Mississippi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878057436
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	10/03/1994
Series:	Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Donald M. Kartiganer is Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies Emeritus at the University of Mississippi. Ann J. Abadie (1939-2024) was associate director emerita of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi as well as coeditor of numerous scholarly collections from the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference and other books published by University Press of Mississippi.

Editorial Reviews

Contains papers from the 1991 conference, analyzing Faulkner's work from psychological perspectives. The essays vary widely in their approaches, from the theories of Freud and Lacan to women's and men's studies. Topics discussed include The Sound and the Fury and the denied unconscious, and psychoanalytic conceptualization of characterization in Light in August. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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