Faulkner’s Coffin

This article examines William Faulkner’s use of the coffin form in his depression-era family epic, As I Lay Dying. I ask whether we can envision what Faulkner is doing with the aesthetic shape of the coffin—a form which he even typographically reproduces within the text itself—as a kind of strange r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alyson Brickey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Franklin University Switzerland 2016-12-01
Series:Intervalla : Platform for Intellectual Exchange
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Online Access:https://www.fus.edu/intervalla-files/vol4/6-AB.pdf