Theresa M. Towner is associate dean for undergraduate studies in the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas in Dallas.
Few dispute the view of New Critics that, after winning the 1949 Nobel Prize and spending time in Hollywood, William Faulkner became a public man, his creative powers ebbed, and his last works proved negligible. In this volume, however, Towner (English, Univ. of Texas, Dallas) reassesses Faulkner!s later work (comprising three collections of short stories and six novels). She finds not a tired man but a growing, vibrant, and questioning artist who was not only exploring the formation of American racial identity but also experimenting with narrative technique. In her discussion of the novel Sanctuary, for instance, Towner shows how racializing language allows Temple Drake"and, of course, other whites"to maintain a grotesque and artificial racial ideology. Throughout her discussion of such often-neglected late novels as Intruder in the Dust, Requiem for a Nun, the Snopes trilogy, and A Fable, Towner demonstrates how Faulkner reworked earlier stories and characters to understand human nature beyond America!s color line. Recommended for academic libraries with large Faulkner collections."Charles C. Nash, Cottey Coll., Nevada, MO Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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