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"He is the greatest artist the south has produced"
Posted on 6/28/17 at 12:14 am
Posted on 6/28/17 at 12:14 am
Ralph Ellison describing william faulkner.
Do you agree?
For the record, I got the quote from the back cover of one of my faulkner novels.
Here is the full quote:
Do you agree?
For the record, I got the quote from the back cover of one of my faulkner novels.
Here is the full quote:
quote:
“He is the greatest artist the South has produced. . . . Indeed, through his many novels and short stories, Faulkner fights out the moral problem which was repressed after the nineteenth century [yet] for all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for greatness of our classics.”
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 9:33 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
Do you agree?
Did he write Freebird? Then no.
Posted on 6/28/17 at 5:04 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
One of
Posted on 6/28/17 at 9:10 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Art is subjective. But, as far as I'm concerned? Definitely. Absalom, Absalom and The Sound and the Fury are the most intense books I've ever read. By a very large margin. Probably can't be taught at any level of education nowadays due to perceived racial insensitivity.
Posted on 6/28/17 at 11:23 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I agree
Posted on 6/29/17 at 8:51 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Artist is debatable, but writer there is no question.
Posted on 6/30/17 at 4:39 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The South has produced the most prolific human in most endeavors. Percy, O'Connor, RPW , Capote... endless list of talent on par with faulkner.
This post was edited on 6/30/17 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 7/6/17 at 10:20 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
my vote goes to flannery O'Connor. Her writing career was much shorter than faulkners so I have read all of her stuff and not all of his...but I have always thought she was way ahead of her time.
She only wrote two novels and I think they are both incredible. Her poetry is great too but I think the novel is a much harder feat and therefore more impressive.
She only wrote two novels and I think they are both incredible. Her poetry is great too but I think the novel is a much harder feat and therefore more impressive.
This post was edited on 7/6/17 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:38 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I love Faulkner, but Walker Percy is my favorite Southern writer. Percy speaks to the alienation and absurdity of modern life that I find so interesting yet frustrating.
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