{"product_id":"faulkner-on-and-off-the-page-essays-in-biographical-criticism-paperback","title":"Faulkner on and Off the Page: Essays in Biographical Criticism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Rollyson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough numerous biographies have been published on William Faulkner, readers are often presented conflicting interpretations of his life and work. Faulkner's view of himself and his own family was mercurial, and it is widely acknowledged that Faulkner was an unreliable narrator of his own life. As a result, biographies of Faulkner echo and complicate the multitude of ways he portrayed himself, accepting that truth--if it exists--is subjective. Like his work, Faulkner's own life, then, is not only open to different readings but welcomes them within the landscape of his oeuvre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaulkner On and Off the Page\u003c\/i\u003e acknowledges the challenges of \"factifying\" a life into a textual narrative, while also emphasizing the potential for biography to establish a throughline that traces how literature emerges from life and, in turn, shapes the life narrative Faulkner constructed for himself. Unburdened by the sanctity of the written word, Faulkner embraced mutability and perpetual evolution. This process of reinvention also manifests within the pages of Faulkner's biographies, as each biographer brings a unique context and perspective shaped by generations of Faulkner scholars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRather than thinking of Faulkner as exclusively the great high modernist who strayed to Hollywood when he needed the money and stayed home when he didn't, this book portrays an unsettled writer incessantly on the move incorporating what only looked like alien elements into his work, while maintaining a public persona that disparaged anything that did not fit the narrative of the novelist he created in interviews, essays, and speeches. This book attempts to carry on the work of finding the man on the page even as he is shaping a life off of it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Rollyson \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emeritus of journalism at Baruch College, CUNY. He is author of many biographies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Sylvia Plath\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSylvia Plath Day by Day, Volumes 1 \u0026amp; 2\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWilliam Faulkner Day by Day\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Sylvia Plath\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMarilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress, Revised and Updated\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also coauthor (with Lisa Paddock) of \u003ci\u003eSusan Sontag: The Making of an Icon, Revised and Updated. \u003c\/i\u003eHis reviews of biographies have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e. He also writes a column on biography twice a week for the\u003ci\u003e New York Sun.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44800167116902,"sku":"9781496856050","price":63.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/rATWc4JWvu9781496856050.webp?v=1771282514","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/faulkner-on-and-off-the-page-essays-in-biographical-criticism-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}