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One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner (P.S.)

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.

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