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- Title
Hellhound on His Trail: Faulknerian Blood-guilt and the Traumatized Form of Lewis Nordan's "Wolf Whistle."
- Authors
Atkinson, Ted
- Abstract
Presents literary criticism of the novel "Wolf Whistle," by Lewis Nordan, reading it in light of the work of writer William Faulkner. Topics include the novel's portrayal of lynching victim Emmett Till through the character Bobo, the portrayal of journalists in the novel, and the influence of Faulkner's realism as compared with Nordan's purported magical realism.
- Subjects
WOLF Whistle (Book); NORDAN, Lewis, 1939-2012; FAULKNER, William, 1897-1962; TILL, Emmett, 1941-1955; JOURNALISTS in literature; MAGIC realism (Literature); LITERARY realism
- Publication
Southern Literary Journal, 2011, Vol 44, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
0038-4291
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/slj.2011.0016