Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in American Studies
William Faulkner, William James, And The American Pragmatic Tradition (Review), Peter Lurie
William Faulkner, William James, And The American Pragmatic Tradition (Review), Peter Lurie
English Faculty Publications
In his book's final sentence, David Evans is concerned that we "assure a future for Faulkner, and a Faulkner for the future" (236). Taken at a glance, this concern might imply a need to safeguard Faulkner's continuing relevance: pointing to the future and Faulkner together suggests that their mutuality is not, in fact, certain. And in light of shifting critical approaches to this canonical writer, not to mention the diminishing importance of author studies as well as scholarly genres like the monograph, Evans's caution makes a certain critical sense.
Yet the statement's fuller meaning within the context of this new …