Élégie sudiste : la nature en partage dans “Delta Autumn” de William Faulkner

In "Delta Autumn," William Faulkner represents the transformations of the big woods of the Mississippi Delta in the course of half a century, through the vantage point of Ike McCaslin, an old hunter that is now a mere witness passively contemplating the disappearance of the wilderness he u...

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Main Author: Frédérique Spill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2016-06-01
Series:Caliban: French Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/caliban/3567
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description In "Delta Autumn," William Faulkner represents the transformations of the big woods of the Mississippi Delta in the course of half a century, through the vantage point of Ike McCaslin, an old hunter that is now a mere witness passively contemplating the disappearance of the wilderness he used to know and enjoy under the increasing pressure of the modern world. This paper focuses on the complexities and ambivalence of the way those transformations are represented: while privileging an elegiac tone that laments the loss of the wilderness, the narrative perspective of "Delta Autumn" also makes the complexities of the conflict between the preservation of nature and progress emerge.
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Élégie sudiste : la nature en partage dans “Delta Autumn” de William Faulkner
Caliban: French Journal of English Studies
ambivalence
Delta Autumn
dissolution
duality
William Faulkner
Mississippi Delta
title Élégie sudiste : la nature en partage dans “Delta Autumn” de William Faulkner
title_full Élégie sudiste : la nature en partage dans “Delta Autumn” de William Faulkner
title_fullStr Élégie sudiste : la nature en partage dans “Delta Autumn” de William Faulkner
title_full_unstemmed Élégie sudiste : la nature en partage dans “Delta Autumn” de William Faulkner
title_short Élégie sudiste : la nature en partage dans “Delta Autumn” de William Faulkner
title_sort elegie sudiste la nature en partage dans delta autumn de william faulkner
topic ambivalence
Delta Autumn
dissolution
duality
William Faulkner
Mississippi Delta
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