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Book Reviews211 old form to fit new subjects, Fielding's consisted in inventing a new form to hold old ideas" (102). The idea of the rococo is not a new one but Park has managed well the difficult task of putting valuable old wine into new bottles. RICHARD HARP University ofNevada, Las Vegas DIANE ROBERTS. Faulkner and Southern Womanhood. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1994. 265 p. JOEL WILLIAMSON. William Faulkner and Southern History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. 515 p. G or the authors of both of these studies, the most interesting matters in William Faulkner's fiction have to do with race, class, or gender. More surprisingly, they come close to convincing the reader that those were Faulkner's primary interests as a writer as well. Both Diane Roberts and Joel Williamson are committed theoreticians, but they are insightful, enthusiastic readers as well who shed considerable light on Faulkner's accomplishment. Roberts is, of course, primarily concerned with Faulkner's treatment of women. The design of her book is simple but brilliant: she identifies six standard roles in which Southern women traditionally appear, locates those roles in Southern culture, and then discusses in detail how Faulkner "negotiates the female images
Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature – Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
Published: Jan 6, 1994
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