Faulkner’s Gambit
Chess and Literature
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | M. Wainwright | ISBN: | 9781137015983 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | December 14, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | M. Wainwright |
| ISBN: | 9781137015983 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | December 14, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book offers the first full-length study of the chess structures, motifs, and imagery in William Faulkner's Knight's Gambit . Wainwright looks at the importance of chess as a literary device and examines the structural analogy drawn between the game and linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure.
This book offers the first full-length study of the chess structures, motifs, and imagery in William Faulkner's Knight's Gambit . Wainwright looks at the importance of chess as a literary device and examines the structural analogy drawn between the game and linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure.
