Axes: Willa Cather and William Faulkner

by Merrill Maguire Skaggs

Axes traces the intimate relationship between the texts published by Willa Cather and William Faulkner between 1922 and 1962. When those texts are juxtaposed and examined carefully, the two writers seem intensely conscious of, and responsive to, each other's work. In fact, both at some point appear to have caricatured or parodied the other in print. Judging by the texts they left behind, they titillated, offended, exhilarated, and--especially--energized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803211236
• ISBN13: 9780803211230
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"