An intellectual biography that argues the image of Faulkner as a genius but literary country bumpkin who lived in isolation from contemporary culture is wrong. Instead, Singal argues, Faulker was torn between repressive Victorian and southern gentleman culture, and the Modernist, avant-garde culture he embraced. Singal argues understanding this tension helps us understand Faulkner's novels, and also the time in which he wrote. X-library but very good condition. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hll and London. 1997. Hb, Dj. USED. $8