Axes: Willa Cather and William Faulkner

223 Pages·2007·1.064 MB·English

by  Merrill Maguire Skaggs

Willa Cather and
William Faulkner
merrill maguire skaggs
University of Nebraska Press : Lincoln and London
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Skaggs, Merrill Maguire.
Axes: Willa Cather and William
Faulkner / Merrill Maguire Skaggs.
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Includes bibliographical references
and index.
isbn 978-0-8032-1123-0 (cloth:
alk. paper)
1. Cather, Willa, 1873–1947—
Criticism and interpretation.
2. Faulkner, William, 1897–1962—
Criticism and interpretation.
3. Cather, Willa, 1873–1947—
Friends and associates. 4. Faulkner,
William, 1897–1962—Friends and
associates. 5. Cather, Willa, 1873–
1947—Influence. 6. Faulkner,
William, 1897–1962—Influence.
7. Allusions in literature. I. Title.
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contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Abbreviations xvii
1 A Starting Point 1
2 Buzzing 21
3 Possession 41
4 The Sounds Become Fury 57
5 Dust Tracks on Some Roads 79
6 Sparring 99
7 Tit for Tat 117
8 Literary Hopscotch 133
9 Crossing the Finish Lines 155
Notes 177
Works Cited 185
Index 191

acknowledgments
Parts of this book have appeared in earlier versions in my fol-
lowing essays:
“Thefts and Conversation: Cather and Faulkner,” reprinted from
Cather Studies, vol. 3, ed. Susan J. Rosowski, by permission of
the University of Nebraska Press. © 1996 by the University of
Nebraska Press.
“Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop and William
Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury,” fromThe Faulkner Journal
13, nos. 1–2 (Fall 1997 / Spring 1998) 89–99. © 1997 and 1998 by
the University of Central Florida. Reprinted with permission.
“Willa Cather,” in A William Faulkner Encyclopedia, ed. Robert
Hamblin and Charles A. Peek, 62–65. Copyright 1999 by Green-
wood Press. Reproduced with permission of Greenwood Pub-
lishing Group, Inc., Westport ct.
“Willa Cather’s Great Emersonian Environmental Quartet,” re-
printed from Cather Studies, vol. 5, ed. Susan J. Rosowski, by
permission of the University of Nebraska Press. © 2003 by the
University of Nebraska Press.
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