Balancing the Books: Faulkner, Morrison and the Economies of SlaveryRoutledge, 24 mai 2013 - 172 pages Balancing the Books represents a sophisticated examination of the ongoing engagement of American literature with the economies of slavery through the works of William Faulkner and Toni Morrison. Both Faulkner and Morrison write about the relationship between race, identity, and history, and about how the legacies of slavery linger in the lives and actions of their characters, although the narrative strategies through which they render these themes ultimately diverge. Dussere brings considerations of debt and repayment, exchange and accounting, and capital and the market-concepts inseparable from any consideration of race in the construction of the American nation-into dialogue with the work of Faulkner and Morrison to produce an outstanding work of literary and cultural criticism. |
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... present is crucial , the moment of possible intervention that is forever receding . In these acts of reading and writing about Morrison and Faulkner , I have tried to remain faithful both to the ef- fect these books have had on my own ...
... present is crucial , the moment of possible intervention that is forever receding . In these acts of reading and writing about Morrison and Faulkner , I have tried to remain faithful both to the ef- fect these books have had on my own ...
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... present interesting continuities with her fic- tional concerns . In her analysis , Morrison argues that Faulkner's tragedies update the model of Greek tragedy , which is relevant to the twentieth cen- tury in its evocation of ...
... present interesting continuities with her fic- tional concerns . In her analysis , Morrison argues that Faulkner's tragedies update the model of Greek tragedy , which is relevant to the twentieth cen- tury in its evocation of ...
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... present who are disconnected from , or struggling to connect with , the past . Faulkner's novels set up a powerful narrative which has at its core both a loss and an unbearable burden : in response to the crushing weight of the past and ...
... present who are disconnected from , or struggling to connect with , the past . Faulkner's novels set up a powerful narrative which has at its core both a loss and an unbearable burden : in response to the crushing weight of the past and ...
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... present and yet is not in love with its own “ ache . " That they find different approaches and strategies to their material should not be at all surprising : born into different historical moments , dif- ferent regions , and drawing on ...
... present and yet is not in love with its own “ ache . " That they find different approaches and strategies to their material should not be at all surprising : born into different historical moments , dif- ferent regions , and drawing on ...
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... present , the concern with cultural structures of race , gender , and class as powerfully determining forces in the construction of individual subjec- tivity , the unflagging attempt to understand slavery and its legacies in twentieth ...
... present , the concern with cultural structures of race , gender , and class as powerfully determining forces in the construction of individual subjec- tivity , the unflagging attempt to understand slavery and its legacies in twentieth ...
Table des matières
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The Narrative of the Ledger | 13 |
The Return of the Unaccounted | 37 |
The Debts of History | 63 |
Closed Communities and Free Markets | 97 |
Notes | 129 |
Bibliography | 151 |
Index | 159 |
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