Faulkner's Monomaniacs: Their Indebtedness to Raskolnikov
1968; Penn State University Press; Volume: 5; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1528-4212
Autores Tópico(s)Crime and Detective Fiction Studies
ResumoFaulkner often described The Brothers Karamazov as one of his favorite books, and he had read Crime and Punishment, very probably before writing Sartoris, The Sound and the Fury, and Sanctuary. Faulkner's monomaniacs have not all been influenced by Raskolnikov, but some of his idiosyncrasies (a fixed idea, estrangement from the community, pride, will to power, dualism, his sense of honor, etc.) are also typical of young Bayard in Sartoris, of Quentin Compson in The Sound and the Fury, of Joe Christmas in Light in August, of Thomas Sutpen in Absalom, Absalom! and of Mink Snopes in The Mansion. An attempt has been made to define the borrowings, their nature, their evolution, and their causes. []. W.]
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