MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed to stimulate independent thought about the literary work by raising various issues and thought-provoking ideas and questions. MAXnotes cover the essentials of what one should know about each work, including an overall summary, character lists, an explanation and discussion of the plot, the work's historical context, illustrations to convey the mood of the work, and a biography of the author. Each chapter is individually summarized and analyzed, and has study questions and answers.
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REA’s MAXnotes is an insightful series of literature study guides covering over 80 of the most popular literary works. MAXnotes study guides are student friendly and provide all the essentials needed to prepare students for homework, discussions, reports, and exams. Our MAXnotes for William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom study guide includes an overall summary, character lists, explanation and discussion of the plot, overview of the work’s historical context, and a biography of the author. Each section of the work is individually summarized and includes study questions and answers. Our William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom MAXnotes study guide is a handy resource when preparing for exams or doing homework, and it makes a great companion to the original work. William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom MAXnotes is also an invaluable resource for English teachers who are teaching the original work and need a refresher. Each MAXnotes includes topics for term papers with sample outlines.
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Carol Siri Johnson grew up in Lowville, east of Lake Ontario and west of the Adirondacks. For undergraduate school she went to Mount Holyoke, a women's college in central Massachusetts. Then she moved to Brooklyn where she worked as a real estate agent. After starting her own business (“Greenwood Heights Realty”), she tired of the field and returned to school, graduating with a Ph.D. in English Literature from The Graduate Center of the City of New York in 1995. After working as a technical writer in the computer industry for seven years, she returned to academia and is now an associate professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has one daughter and has a tendency to get really cranky, so watch out.
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Carol Siri Johnson grew up in Lowville, east of Lake Ontario and west of the Adirondacks. For undergraduate school she went to Mount Holyoke, a women's college in central Massachusetts. Then she moved to Brooklyn where she worked as a real estate agent. After starting her own business ("Greenwood Heights Realty"), she tired of the field and returned to school, graduating with a Ph.D. in English Literature from The Graduate Center of the City of New York in 1995. After working as a technical writer in the computer industry for seven years, she returned to academia and is now an associate professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has one daughter and has a tendency to get really cranky, so watch out.
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Could help Faulkner understand his own work,
By Marques Bracci (Lowville, NY, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Absalom, Absalom! (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)
This fine interpretation should be used by any person who endeavors to understand the body of Faulkner's work. I daresay even old W.F. himself would have benefited from reading this text. I only wish I had had assistance like this when I was in school.
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This review is from: Absalom, Absalom! (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)
This guide to Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner stands head and shoulders above other published study guides of the same book and compares favorably to the best of contemporary scholarship on this complex and peculiar giant of American literature. The precision and clarity of Johnson's writing is second only to her incisive yet empathy-tempered insights into the cultural origins and psychological dynamics of of William Faulkner's creative genius. It might well be said that Johnson herself is guided by a daemon driving her to educate, illuminate and uplift the masses of the great unread, so vast is her talent for explication and exegesis, so graceful her dance through the hermeneutic spiral. Buy this book and you will be lead into undreamed of realms of knowledge and wisdom by an actual PhD.
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Pure Genius,
By Quentin Compson (Yoknapatawaph County) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Absalom, Absalom! (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)
As an impartial audience, I MUST say that this book displays ABSOLUTE GENIUS! It's clear that Carol Johnson should receive the MacArthur Award. This book should be on display at the Library of Congress next to the Declaration of Independence.
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