Ink of Melancholy re-examines and re-evaluates William Faulkner's work from the late 1920s to the early 1940s, one of his most creative periods. Rather than approach Faulkner's fiction through a prefabricated grid, Andre Bleikasten concentrates on the texts themselves-on the motivations and circumstances of their composition, on the rich array of their themes, structures, textures, points of emphasis and repetition, as well as their rifts and gaps-while drawing on the resources of philosophy, psychoanalysis, anthropology. Brilliant in its thought and argument, Ink of Melancholy is one of the most insightful and stimulating studies of Faulkner's work.

About the Author

Andre Bleikasten (1933-2009) was Professor of American Literature at the University of Strasbourg, France, and a prominent Faulkner scholar. He is the author of William Faulkner: A Life through Novels. He is also known for his studies of Philip Roth, Eudora Welty, and Flannery O'Connor.

Reviews

Faulkner has found a critic worthy of him.

* Times Literary Supplement *

Unsurpassed as an act of sustained engagement with Faulkner's language.

* New York Review of Books *

Unsurpassed as an act of sustained engagement with Faulkner's language.

* New York Review of Books *

Faulkner has found a critic worthy of him.

* Times Literary Supplement *



Book Information
ISBN 9780253022998
Author Andre Bleikasten
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
Weight(grams) 535g