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- Title
COMMODIFYING FREEDOM: HORSES IN THE HAMLET.
- Authors
Langdon, Lance
- Abstract
The article discusses the way in which the sale of horses in author William Faulkner's novel "The Hamlet" by the character Flem Snopes acts as an allegory for socioeconomic change in the U.S. South during the mid-20th century. More specifically, the author details how the horses, which transport farmers to markets, represent the rise of consumer culture in the South. The depiction of horses in the novel is compared to that of horses and mules in Faulkner's novel "As I Lay Dying."
- Subjects
SOUTHERN States; HAMLET, The (Book : Faulkner); FAULKNER, William, 1897-1962; HORSES in literature; AS I Lay Dying (Book : Faulkner); CONSUMERISM; ECONOMIC history; SOCIAL conditions in the Southern United States; SNOPES family (Fictional characters); MODERNISM (Literary period)
- Publication
Faulkner Journal, 2012, Vol 26, Issue 2, p31
- ISSN
0884-2949
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/fau.2012.0003