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Nathaniel Hawthorne's Women -- Victims Of Society, Rachel N. Overstreet
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Women -- Victims Of Society, Rachel N. Overstreet
Theses & Honors Papers
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Fallen Angels: William Faulkner's Lost Generation, Ron Buchanan
Fallen Angels: William Faulkner's Lost Generation, Ron Buchanan
Theses & Honors Papers
In his address upon receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature on December 10, 1950, William Faulkner stated that the only topic "worth writing about" is "the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself ."1 Throughout his career, Faulkner attempted to convey this idea; regardless of the actual subject or the characters, this theme weaves itself through the author's works. Even Faulkner's works of the 1920s and early 1930s demonstrate this concern with the psychological and emotional problems of his characters. Among the characters most troubled are the veterans returning home after fighting in Europe during World War I …