The Bear William Faulkner | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Ackerman, R. D. "The Immolation of Isaac McCaslin." Texas Studies in Literature and Language XVI, No. 3 (Fall 1974): 557-65.

Addresses the significance of Faulkner's decision not to treat the intervening years of Isaac McCaslin's life between his youth in "The Bear" and old age in "Delta Autumn."

Aiken, Charles S. "A Geographical Approach to William Faulkner's 'The Bear'." Geographical Review 71, No. 4 (October 1981): 446-59.

Examines Faulkner's overt and symbolic use of geography in "The Bear," focusing on historical sources for the setting to explicate the story's theme of changing landscape.

Baumgarten, Murray. "The Language of Faulkner's The Bear." Western Humanities Review XV, No. 2 (Spring 1961): 180-82.

Analyzes the manner and significance of Faulkner's distinction between two different connotations of the words "fright"...

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