Ne Essays on Go Don, Moses [Hardcover]

A collection of critical essays for the general reader on Faulkner's Go Down, Moses.Written in 1942 during one of Faulkner's most traumatic periods, this novel has fallen to critical neglect amid the vast scholarship on the great Southern writer. The five essays assembled here explore the tensions of race and gender apparent throughout the work.Written in 1942 during one of Faulkner's most traumatic periods, this novel has fallen to critical neglect amid the vast scholarship on the great Southern writer. The five essays assembled here explore the tensions of race and gender apparent throughout the work.Go Down, Moses (1942) came to fruition during the second world war and was written during one of Faulkner's most traumatic periods, yet it has fallen to critical neglect amid the vast scholarship on the great Southern writer. In part, this collection aims to tilt the balance, forcing the reader beyond critical commonplaces through asking challenging questions. The five essays assembled here explore the tensions of race and gender apparent throughout the novel.1. Introduction Linda Wagner-Martin; 2. Touching race in Go Down, Moses John T. Matthews; 3. Go Down, Moses and the discourse of environmentalism Judith Bryant Wittenberg; 4. Her shape, his hand: the spaces of African American women in Go Down, Moses Minrose Gwin; 5. Who wears the mask? memory, desire, and race in Go Down, Moses Judith L. Sensibar; 6. The game of courts: Go Down, Moses, arbitrary legalities, and compensatory boundaries Thadious M. Davis.