4252805The Life of William Faulknerhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-life-of-william-faulkner-9780813944418/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3035339/88cf6b98-adfc-454f-b23a-6ec54fe3a8a8.jpg?v=638384791084930000645717MXNUniversity of Virginia PressInStock/Ebooks/4189157The Life of William Faulkner645717https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-life-of-william-faulkner-9780813944418/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3035339/88cf6b98-adfc-454f-b23a-6ec54fe3a8a8.jpg?v=638384791084930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209780813944418_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_By the end of volume 1 of The Life of William Faulkner (A filling, satisfying feast for Faulkner aficianados Kirkus), the young Faulkner had gone from an unpromising, self-mythologizing bohemian to the author of some of the most innovative and enduring literature of the century, including The Sound and the Fury and Light in August. The second and concluding volume of Carl Rollysons ambitious biography finds Faulkner lamenting the many threats to his creative existence. Feeling, as an artist, he should be above worldly concerns and even morality, he has instead inherited only debtsa symptom of the Souths faded fortunesand numerous mouths to feed and funerals to fund. And so he turns to the classic temptation for financially struggling writersHollywood.Thus begins roughly a decade of shuttling between his home and family in Mississippilifeblood of his artand the backlots of the Golden Age film industry. Through Faulkners Hollywood years, Rollyson introduces such personalities as Humphrey Bogart and Faulkners long-time collaborator Howard Hawks, while telling the stories behind films such as The Big Sleep and To Have and Have Not. At the same time, he chronicles with great insight Faulkners rapidly crumbling though somehow resilient marriage and his numerous extramarital affairs--including his deeply felt, if ultimately doomed, relationship with Meta Carpenter. (In his grief over their breakup, Faulknera dipsomaniac capable of ferocious alcoholic bingesreceived third-degree burns when he passed out on a hotel-room radiator.)Where most biographers and critics dismiss Faulkners film work as at best a necessary evil, at worst a tragic waste of his peak creative years, Rollyson approaches this period as a valuable window on his artistry. He reveals a fascinating, previously unappreciated cross-pollination between Faulkners film and literary work, elements from his fiction appearing in his screenplays and his film collaborations influencing his later novelsfundamentally changing the character of late-career works such as the Snopes trilogy.Rollyson takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the composition of Absalom, Absalom!, widely considered Faulkners masterpiece, as well as the film adaptation he authoredunproduced and never published Revolt in the Earth. He reveals how Faulkner wrestled with the legacy of the Southboth its history and its dizzying racial contradictionsand turned it into powerful art in works such as Go Down, Moses and Intruder in the Dust.Volume 2 of this monumental work rests on an unprecedented trove of research, giving us the most penetrating and comprehensive life of Faulkner and providing a fascinating look at the authors trajectory from under-appreciated writers writer to world-renowned Nobel laureate and literary icon. In his famous Nobel speech, Faulkner said what inspired him was the human ability to prevail. In the end, this beautifully wrought life shows how Faulkner, the man and the artist, embodies this remarkable capacity to endure and prevail.(*_*)9780813944418_By the end of volume 1 of The Life of William Faulkner ("A filling, satisfying feast for Faulkner aficianados" Kirkus), the young Faulkner had gone from an unpromising, self-mythologizing bohemian to the author of some of the most innovative and enduring literature of the century, including The Sound and the Fury and Light in August. The second and concluding volume of Carl Rollysons ambitious biography finds Faulkner lamenting the many threats to his creative existence. Feeling, as an artist, he should be above worldly concerns and even morality, he has instead inherited only debtsa symptom of the Souths faded fortunesand numerous mouths to feed and funerals to fund. And so he turns to the classic temptation for financially struggling writersHollywood.Thus begins roughly a decade of shuttling between his home and family in Mississippilifeblood of his artand the backlots of the Golden Age film industry. Through Faulkners Hollywood years, Rollyson introduces such personalities as Humphrey Bogart and Faulkners long-time collaborator Howard Hawks, while telling the stories behind films such as The Big Sleep and To Have and Have Not. At the same time, he chronicles with great insight Faulkners rapidly crumbling though somehow resilient marriage and his numerous extramarital affairs--including his deeply felt, if ultimately doomed, relationship with Meta Carpenter. (In his grief over their breakup, Faulknera dipsomaniac capable of ferocious alcoholic bingesreceived third-degree burns when he passed out on a hotel-room radiator.)Where most biographers and critics dismiss Faulkners film work as at best a necessary evil, at worst a tragic waste of his peak creative years, Rollyson approaches this period as a valuable window on his artistry. He reveals a fascinating, previously unappreciated cross-pollination between Faulkners film and literary work, elements from his fiction appearing in his screenplays and his film collaborations influencing his later novelsfundamentally changing the character of late-career works such as the Snopes trilogy.Rollyson takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the composition of Absalom, Absalom!, widely considered Faulkners masterpiece, as well as the film adaptation he authoredunproduced and never published Revolt in the Earth. He reveals how Faulkner wrestled with the legacy of the Southboth its history and its dizzying racial contradictionsand turned it into powerful art in works such as Go Down, Moses and Intruder in the Dust.Volume 2 of this monumental work rests on an unprecedented trove of research, giving us the most penetrating and comprehensive life of Faulkner and providing a fascinating look at the authors trajectory from under-appreciated "writers writer" to world-renowned Nobel laureate and literary icon. In his famous Nobel speech, Faulkner said what inspired him was the human ability to prevail. In the end, this beautifully wrought life shows how Faulkner, the man and the artist, embodies this remarkable capacity to endure and prevail....9780813944418_University of Virginia Presslibro_electonico_befa6f21-9c75-3d3e-af9a-2f9e3c802909_9780813944418;9780813944418_9780813944418Carl RollysonInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-9b0371ee-e70d-4f62-bdfb-d770ab0fa61e.epub2020-09-22T00:00:00+00:00University of Virginia Press