The collection features an array of readings that range from philosophical approaches to the perspectives offered by the emerging and contested field of fat studies. The essays investigate such topics as the environment, war, and industrialism in The Sound and the Fury while offering fascinating explorations of time, the instability of meaning, and secrets of miscegenation.
This volume in the Critical Insights series features an array of readings that range from philosophical approaches to the perspectives offered by the emerging and contested field of fat studies. Topics include constructs of masculinity, war, and industrialism in The Sound and the Fury along with fascinating explorations of time, the instability of meaning, and readings of the novel in relation to other texts by Faulkner and African American writers.