A study of women character-types in novels of William Faulkner

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCorquodale, Marjorie K.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPhillips, Anne R.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRosa, Matthew W.
dc.creatorWatson, Betty Lee Elgin
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-28T20:57:10Z
dc.date.available2022-11-28T20:57:10Z
dc.date.issued1958
dc.description.abstractThrough Faulkner's portrayals of women characters, certain value-judgements of that not-always-fairer sex are revealed; expressed implicity or explicitly, these assessments vary with his particular forms of femininity. His earliest heroines, seen in Soldier's Pay, Mosquitoes, and Sartoris, foreshadow types of womanhood later depicted by Faulkner in major novels; the women portrayed in The Sound and The Fury, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, Sanctuary, Requiem for a Nun, and Absalom, Absalom! embody qualities he abhors or praises, and exemplify traits he deems virtues or vice. [...]
dc.description.departmentEnglish, Department of
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dc.identifier.other13989996
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/12713
dc.language.isoen
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dc.titleA study of women character-types in novels of William Faulkner
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Arts and Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentEnglish, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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