{"product_id":"9781578068807-robbing-the-mother","title":"Robbing the Mother","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWomen in Faulkner\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Faulkner claimed that it may be necessary for a writer to “rob his mother”, should the need arise. This study of Faulkner's paradoxical attitude toward women, particularly mothers, will stimulate debate and concern, for his novels are shown here to have presented them as both a source and a threat to being and to language.\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Faulkner claimed that it may be necessary for a writer to \"\"rob his mother,\"\" should the need arise. \"\"If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies,\"\" he remarked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study of Faulkner's paradoxical attitude toward women, particularly mothers, will stimulate debate and concern, for his novels are shown here to have presented them as both a source and a threat to being and to language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"My reading of Faulkner,\"\" the author says, \"\"attempts more than an identification of female stereotypes and an examination of misogyny, for Faulkner, who almost certainly feared and mistrusted women, also sees in them a mysterious, often threatening power, which is often aligned with his own creativity and the grounds of his own fiction.\"\"Drawing on both American and French feminist criticism, \u003cem\u003eRobbing the Mother\u003c\/em\u003e explores Faulkner's artistic vision through the maternal influence in such works as \u003cem\u003eThe Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Sanctuary, Absalom, Absalom!, The Hamlet, Light in August,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Palms\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55892124238198,"sku":"9781578068807","price":31.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35532266.jpg?v=1753914008","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781578068807-robbing-the-mother","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}