| This book of literary criticism is a good introduction to Faulkner. It follows motifs of recurring actions, such as - unlikely as it sounds - "moving, burning, squatting, eating and ultimately marking." That is, the uses Faulkner makes of imagistic language to leave "milestones" and "deathless footnotes." Through a close look at the recurring language, the author detects clusters of revelation about style, message, and how a symbol itself evolves. Some chapter titles are: "Thematics," "Movement," "Marks," "Malevolence," "Impermanence." Suffuse with lively quotations from the books, the language is easily accessible yet closely researched. It has been recommended reading in university classes in Romania. Review from noted Romanian poet and translator of many Faulkner novels: “Makes us feel what it would be like to be Faulkner . . . brilliantly intelligent book . . . finds the mark Faulkner made” (source: Mircea Ivanescu).
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