Existential-Phenomenological Readings on Faulkner

In this groundbreaking study, Professor Sowder brings the insights & perspectives of the existential-phenomenologist philosophers to a new analysis of Faulkner's major fictional characters. Sowder's interpretations focus on the characters' "acts of consciousness," avoiding both the complexities & the partial readings that have resulted from the application of various other approaches to Faulkner: mythological, symbolic, Freudian, Jungian, religious, formalist, etc. The existential-phenomenologist critic attempts to restore to Faulkner's characters their everydayness, attempts to rescue them, if you will, from the vacuum of myth, symbol, archetypes, & other artificial forms. In short, he attempts to treat each character as an authentic human being, not a figment of the critical imagination. These essays thus achieve an elegance & completeness previously unknown in Faulkner criticism.Sowder, William J. is the author of 'Existential-Phenomenological Readings on Faulkner' with ISBN 9780944436110 and ISBN 0944436110.