Absalom, Absalom! (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Research & Education Association (June 3, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087891000X
• ISBN-13: 978-0878910007
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,028,269 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Could help Faulkner understand his own work, April 3, 2001

By	Marques Bracci (Lowville, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of Johnson's Absalom, Absalom, March 14, 2002

By	Sue Johnson "verysmallanimal" (Richmond, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Genius, May 25, 2000

By	Quentin Compson (Yoknapatawaph County) - See all my reviews

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.