How Long to Read Critical Essays on William Faulkner

How Long Does it Take to Read Critical Essays on William Faulkner?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read Critical Essays on William Faulkner by Robert W. Hamblin

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Critical Essays on William Faulkner compiles scholarship by noted Faulkner studies scholar Robert W. Hamblin. Ranging from 1980 to 2020, the twenty-one essays present a variety of approaches to Faulkner’s work. While acknowledging Faulkner as the quintessential southern writer—particularly in his treatment of race—the essays examine his work in relation to American and even international contexts. The volume includes discussions of Faulkner’s techniques and the psychological underpinnings of both the origin and the form of his art; explores how his writing is a means of “saying 'no' to death"; examines the intertextual linkages of his fiction with that of other writers like Shakespeare, Twain, Steinbeck, Warren, and Salinger; treats Faulkner’s use of myth and his fondness for the initiation motif; and argues that Faulkner’s film work in Hollywood is much better and of far greater value than most scholars have acknowledged. Taken as a whole, Hamblin’s essays suggest that Faulkner’s overarching themes relate to time and consequent change. The history of Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha stretches from the arrival of the white settlers on the Mississippi frontier in the early 1800s to the beginnings of the civil rights movement in the 1940s. Caught in this world of continual change that produces a great degree of uncertainty and ambivalence, the Faulkner character (and reader) must weigh the traditions of the past with the demands of the present and the future. As Faulkner acknowledges, this process of discovery and growth is a difficult and sometimes painful one; yet, as Hamblin attests, to engage in that quest is to realize the very essence of what it means to be human.

How long is Critical Essays on William Faulkner?

Critical Essays on William Faulkner by Robert W. Hamblin is 329 pages long, and a total of 85,211 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Critical Essays on William Faulkner Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 45 minutes to read Critical Essays on William Faulkner aloud.

What Reading Level is Critical Essays on William Faulkner?

Critical Essays on William Faulkner is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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