{"product_id":"the-life-of-william-faulkner-this-alarming-paradox-1935-1962-volume-2-hardcover","title":"The Life of William Faulkner: This Alarming Paradox, 1935-1962 Volume 2 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Rollyson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end of volume 1 of \u003ci\u003eThe Life of William Faulkner\u003c\/i\u003e (\"A filling, satisfying feast for Faulkner aficianados\"-- \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e), the young Faulkner had gone from an unpromising, self-mythologizing bohemian to the author of some of the most innovative and enduring literature of the century, including \u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLight in August.\u003c\/i\u003e The second and concluding volume of Carl Rollyson's ambitious biography finds Faulkner lamenting the many threats to his creative existence. Feeling, as an artist, he should be above worldly concerns and even morality, he has instead inherited only debts--a symptom of the South's faded fortunes--and numerous mouths to feed and funerals to fund. And so he turns to the classic temptation for financially struggling writers--Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThus begins roughly a decade of shuttling between his home and family in Mississippi--lifeblood of his art--and the backlots of the Golden Age film industry. Through Faulkner's Hollywood years, Rollyson introduces such personalities as Humphrey Bogart and Faulkner's long-time collaborator Howard Hawks, while telling the stories behind films such as \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo Have and Have Not.\u003c\/i\u003e At the same time, he chronicles with great insight Faulkner's rapidly crumbling though somehow resilient marriage and his numerous extramarital affairs--including his deeply felt, if ultimately doomed, relationship with Meta Carpenter. (In his grief over their breakup, Faulkner--a dipsomaniac capable of ferocious alcoholic binges--received third-degree burns when he passed out on a hotel-room radiator.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere most biographers and critics dismiss Faulkner's film work as at best a necessary evil, at worst a tragic waste of his peak creative years, Rollyson approaches this period as a valuable window on his artistry. He reveals a fascinating, previously unappreciated cross-pollination between Faulkner's film and literary work, elements from his fiction appearing in his screenplays and his film collaborations influencing his later novels--fundamentally changing the character of late-career works such as the Snopes trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRollyson takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the composition of \u003ci\u003eAbsalom, Absalom \u003c\/i\u003e, widely considered Faulkner's masterpiece, as well as the film adaptation he authored--unproduced and never published-- \u003ci\u003eRevolt in the Earth.\u003c\/i\u003e He reveals how Faulkner wrestled with the legacy of the South--both its history and its dizzying racial contradictions--and turned it into powerful art in works such as \u003ci\u003eGo Down, Moses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIntruder in the Dust.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eVolume 2 of this monumental work rests on an unprecedented trove of research, giving us the most penetrating and comprehensive life of Faulkner and providing a fascinating look at the author's trajectory from under-appreciated \"writer's writer\" to world-renowned Nobel laureate and literary icon. In his famous Nobel speech, Faulkner said what inspired him was the human ability to prevail. In the end, this beautifully wrought life shows how Faulkner, the man and the artist, embodies this remarkable capacity to endure and prevail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Rollyson, Professor Emeritus at Baruch College, The City University of New York, has published numerous biographies of literary figures such as Sylvia Plath, Susan Sontag, and Norman Mailer, as well as film icons Marilyn Monroe and Dana Andrews. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew Criterion, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.4 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759934538016,"sku":"9780813944401","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ed2f0e64a7b9502f74c5888e968c2e1b.webp?v=1780166618","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-life-of-william-faulkner-this-alarming-paradox-1935-1962-volume-2-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}