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RACIAL MIXTURE, RACIAL PASSING, AND WHITE SUBJECTIVITY IN ABSALOM, ABSALOM!
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The Faulkner Journal
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April 1, 2008
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In his 1987 study of the critical reception of Absalom, Absalom! Bernd Engler points out that "since the mid-Seventies the only interpretations to gain favour have been those which, at least partly, regard Absalom, Absalom! as the conscious realization of an open work of art" (246). Somewhat testifying to how the text's indeterminacy specifically concerns the interconnection of race and narrative, Engler's survey also shows that noteworthy monographs from the decade include those concerning "Faulkner's attitude towards racial questions" (252) as well as "the novel as a study in narratology and/or epistemology" (256). Indeed, even as Quentin and Shreve finalize their reconstruction of the ...
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