内容简介
WilliamFaulknerwasaliterarygenius,andoneofAmerica'smostimportantandinfluentialwriters.Drawingonpreviouslyunavailablesources—includingletters,memoirs,andinterviewswithFaulkner'sdaughterandlovers—JayParinihascraftedabiographythatdelvesintothemysteryofthisgiftedandtroubledwriter.HisFaulknerisanextremelytalented,obsessiveartistplaguedbyalcoholismandabadmarriagewhosomehowtranscendshislimitations.PariniweavesthetragediesandtriumphsofFaulkner'slifeinwithhisnovels,servingupabiographythat'sasengagingasitisinsightful.
作者简介
JayPariniwasraisedinScranton,Pennsylvania.HeattendedLafayetteCollegeandtheUniversityofSt.AndrewsinScotland,fromwhichhereceivedaPh.D.in1975.HehastaughtatDartmouthCollege,OxfordUniversity,andMiddleburyCollege,whereheiscurrentlyAxinnProfessorofEnglish.Pariniisapoetandnovelistaswellasabiographer.Hehaspublishedsixnovels,fourbooksofpoetry,andcriticalandbiographicalstudiesofTheodoreRoethkeandRobertFrost.Hisselectedessays,SomeNecessaryAngels,werepublishedbyColumbiaUniversityPress.Hehaseditednumerousworks,includingTheOxfordEncyclopediaofAmericanLiterature.HelivesinVermontwithhiswife,DevonJersild,andtheirthreesons.