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William Faulkner

Joachim Seyppel

出版	Ungar, 1971
ISBN	08044685919780804468596
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=iujXsh9jUBsC&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

William Faulkner was a storyteller of exuberant imagination, a giant among 20th century writers. In this concise but comprehensive volume, Joachim Seyppel admirably fills the need for a clear introduction to Faulkner. In doing so, he discusses an important Faulknerian theme that has been generally neglected by scholars. This is the theme of the hermaphrodite, the mythical half-male, half-female offspring of Hermes and Aphrodite. Hermaphroditic women, the author suggests, appear throughout Faulkner's fiction as symbols of barrenness and nihilism. Faulkner also used the hermaphrodite symbol to show the possibility of synthesizing male and female in a single person. Thus the author provides both an introduction to a great writer and a new dimension for understanding his work. -- From publisher's description.