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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Joe Barrett , Michael GorraPublisher: HighBridge Audio Imprint: HighBridge Audio ISBN: 9781665115681ISBN 10: 1665115688 Publication Date: 29 December 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""The Saddest Words, [is] an entry point into one of the secret themes of Faulkner's oeuvre: the Civil War, and the collective madness that underlay the Southern resistance to abolition."" -- ""New Republic"" ""Gorra's complex and thought-provoking meditation on Faulkner is rich in insight, making the case for the novelist's literary achievement and his historical value--as an unparalleled chronicler of slavery's aftermath and its damage to America's psyche."" -- ""New York Times Book Review"" ""In his rich, complex, and eloquent new book...setting out to explore what Faulkner can tell us about the Civil War and what the war can tell us about Faulkner, Gorra engages as both historian and literary critic. But he also writes, he confesses, as an 'act of citizenship.'"" -- ""The Atlantic""" The Saddest Words, [is] an entry point into one of the secret themes of Faulkner's oeuvre: the Civil War, and the collective madness that underlay the Southern resistance to abolition. -- New Republic Gorra's complex and thought-provoking meditation on Faulkner is rich in insight, making the case for the novelist's literary achievement and his historical value--as an unparalleled chronicler of slavery's aftermath and its damage to America's psyche. -- New York Times Book Review In his rich, complex, and eloquent new book...setting out to explore what Faulkner can tell us about the Civil War and what the war can tell us about Faulkner, Gorra engages as both historian and literary critic. But he also writes, he confesses, as an 'act of citizenship.' -- The Atlantic Author InformationJoe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials. The author of Portrait of Novel, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Michael Gorra is the Mary Augusta Jordan Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College and the editor of the Norton Critical Editions of As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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