{"product_id":"faulkner-on-the-color-line-theresa-m-towner-9781934110355","title":"Faulkner on the Color Line: The Later Novels","description":"A study of William Faulkner's final phase as a period in which he faced up to America's rigid protocols of racial ideology\u003cp\u003eThis study argues that Faulkner's writings about racial matters interrogated rather than validated his racial beliefs and that, in the process of questioning his own ideology, his fictional forms extended his reach as an artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter winning the Nobel Prize in 1950, Faulkner wrote what critics term \"his later novels.\" These have been almost uniformly dismissed, with the prevailing view being that as he became a more public figure, his fiction became a platform rather than a canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin this context \u003ci\u003eFaulkner on the Color Line\u003c\/i\u003e redeems the novels in the final phase of his career by interpreting them as Faulkner's way of addressing the problem of race in America. They are seen as a series of formal experiments Faulkner deliberately attempted as he examined the various cultural functions of narrative, most particularly those narratives that enforce Amer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theresa M. Towner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934110353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934110355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theresa M. Towner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241569038591,"sku":"9781934110355","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1e70a80-f084-42ea-8e28-ea2390584f6c.jpg?v=1772655039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/faulkner-on-the-color-line-theresa-m-towner-9781934110355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}