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Faulkner’s Gambit Chess and Literature

Faulkner’s Gambit Chess and Literature

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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.

Keywords

Literary CriticismAmericanModern20th CenturySocial ScienceAnthropologyCultural & SocialLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguistics

2011Book

Author(s)Michael Wainwright

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US

ISBN9780230338609

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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