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Faulkner's Mothers: The Relationship Of Fact To Fiction In The Sound And The Fury And As I Lay Dying, Spring P. Zuidema Dec 2002

Faulkner's Mothers: The Relationship Of Fact To Fiction In The Sound And The Fury And As I Lay Dying, Spring P. Zuidema

Theses & Honors Papers

The author explores the relationship between actual events and circumstances in Faulkner’s own life and the fiction hat he wrote in his novels. William Faulkner was able to write his best work because he expected nothing from it. He was previously rejected by publishers, but furthermore rejected by his own family and two love interests. His mother was the only constant in his life. However she lacked love and caring and was domineering. These feelings of inferiority in Faulkner reflect in the children he wrote about and the traits of his mother reflect in the mothers in his novels as …


Mirrors, Pluggers, And Flashlights: The Women Of Lee Smith's Fiction, Elizabeth Guthrie Talley Sep 1994

Mirrors, Pluggers, And Flashlights: The Women Of Lee Smith's Fiction, Elizabeth Guthrie Talley

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.


Lee Smith's Protagonists: Moving Beyond Stereotypes Of Southern And Appalachian Women, Roxie Amos Johnson Apr 1992

Lee Smith's Protagonists: Moving Beyond Stereotypes Of Southern And Appalachian Women, Roxie Amos Johnson

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.


The Strength Of Hoffman's Women, Martha Mcguire Hundley May 1991

The Strength Of Hoffman's Women, Martha Mcguire Hundley

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.