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| + | Includes an introduction to aeronautics, flying, & engines. Describes Faulkner's personal experiences with aeronautics, which begin with an exhibition at the Lafayette County Fair in 1908, and include enlistment with the [[RAF]] in 1918. Faulkner (a re-spelling of Falkner intended to look more English) was enrolled at the No. 4 School of Military Aeronautics (= [[Royal Flying Corps school]]?) at the University of Toronto. | ||
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| + | Also contains background on the military flying services during the war, and some of the aircraft they used. | ||
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| + | <blockquote>The present volume, being a work of factual criticism [...] simply mkaes the obvious, but often neglected, assumption that if we are to understand what any writer ''means'' on higher literary or philosophical levels, we must first understand what he ''says'' on the most elementary factual level. <br> Obvious as the assumption seems, it has been totally ignored by many pretentious critics. The result is that Faulkner criticism is full of howlers committed by critics who are erudite in such abstruse fields of knowledge as semiotics, Freudianism, Marxism, narratology, and epistemology, but are both ignorant and contemptuous of even the rudiments of things like wagon-driving, plow gear, cotton farming, possum hunting--and aviation. The purpose of this book is simply to enable both the general reader and the scholarly critics--if he will listen--to understand the extensive references to aviation in Faulkner's work. <br> These references are far more extensive than one might expect.</blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 13:54, 24 October 2018
- Robert Harrison. Aviation Lore in Faulkner. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1985.
Includes an introduction to aeronautics, flying, & engines. Describes Faulkner's personal experiences with aeronautics, which begin with an exhibition at the Lafayette County Fair in 1908, and include enlistment with the RAF in 1918. Faulkner (a re-spelling of Falkner intended to look more English) was enrolled at the No. 4 School of Military Aeronautics (= Royal Flying Corps school?) at the University of Toronto.
Also contains background on the military flying services during the war, and some of the aircraft they used.
Overview:
The present volume, being a work of factual criticism [...] simply mkaes the obvious, but often neglected, assumption that if we are to understand what any writer means on higher literary or philosophical levels, we must first understand what he says on the most elementary factual level.
Obvious as the assumption seems, it has been totally ignored by many pretentious critics. The result is that Faulkner criticism is full of howlers committed by critics who are erudite in such abstruse fields of knowledge as semiotics, Freudianism, Marxism, narratology, and epistemology, but are both ignorant and contemptuous of even the rudiments of things like wagon-driving, plow gear, cotton farming, possum hunting--and aviation. The purpose of this book is simply to enable both the general reader and the scholarly critics--if he will listen--to understand the extensive references to aviation in Faulkner's work.
These references are far more extensive than one might expect.
| Original title | Aviation Lore in Faulkner |
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| Simple title | Aviation Lore in Faulkner |
| Authors | Robert Harrison |
| Date | 1985 |
| Countries | US, NL |
| Languages | en |
| Keywords | airplane, literature, William Faulkner |
| Journal | |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
| Page count | 195 |
| Word count | |
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