{"product_id":"faulkner-and-the-ecology-of-the-south-paperback","title":"Faulkner and the Ecology of the South - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph R. Urgo\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnn J. Abadie\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1952, Faulkner noted the exceptional nature of the South when he characterized it as \"the only really authentic region in the United States, because a deep indestructible bond still exists between man and his environment.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The essays collected in \u003ci\u003eFaulkner and the Ecology of the South\u003c\/i\u003e explore Faulkner's environmental imagination, seeking what Ann Fisher-Wirth calls the \"ecological counter-melody\" of his texts. \"Ecology\" was not a term in common use outside the sciences in Faulkner's time. However, the word \"environment\" seems to have held deep abiding meaning for Faulkner. Often he repeated his abiding interest in \"man in conflict with himself, with his follow man, or with his time and place, his environment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEco-criticism has led to a renewed interest among literary scholars for what in this volume Cecelia Tichi calls, \"humanness with congeries of habitats and environments.\" Philip Weinstein draws on Pierre Bourdieu's notion of habitus. Eric Gary Anderson argues that F\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays that explore Faulkner's relationship to land, people, and the environment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph R. Urgo (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoseph R. Urgo\u003c\/b\u003e is chair of the English Department at the University of Mississippi. His books include \u003ci\u003eReading Faulkner: Absalom, Absalom!;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFaulkner's Apocrypha\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNovel Frames: Literature as Guide to Race, Sex, and History in American Cultu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ere;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Age of Distraction\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, all published by University Press of Mississippi. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn J. Abadie (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnn J. Abadie\u003c\/b\u003e is former associate director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi and coeditor of numerous scholarly collections from the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 173\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47498564370610,"sku":"9781934110973","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/3185b9bad811a5937a3e23c9b3da9eb3.webp?v=1779431750","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/faulkner-and-the-ecology-of-the-south-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}