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- adjective Of or pertaining to William Faulkner (1897–1962),
Nobel Prize -winningAmerican author andpoet , or to his works.
Etymologies
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Examples
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When she talks, it's a kind of Faulknerian stream of consciousness.
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When she talks, it's a kind of Faulknerian stream of consciousness.
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When she talks, it's a kind of Faulknerian stream of consciousness.
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When she talks, it's a kind of Faulknerian stream of consciousness.
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In Even the Dogs 2010, McGregor's third novel, the harrowing story of the death of an alcoholic was told through a Faulknerian chorus of spectral spectators.
This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You by Jon McGregor – review 2012
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There are times, to be sure, when a reader hears a loud Faulknerian echo -- but there are far greater sins.
"Nashville Chrome," a novel by Rick Bass, about the Browns 2010
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There are times, to be sure, when a reader hears a loud Faulknerian echo -- but there are far greater sins.
"Nashville Chrome," a novel by Rick Bass, about the Browns 2010
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In "The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off" we find Lish reining in the rhetorical excesses of the original, so that this mannered sub-Faulknerian description of a drowned neighbor's hand being exhumed from a lake --
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In "The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off" we find Lish reining in the rhetorical excesses of the original, so that this mannered sub-Faulknerian description of a drowned neighbor's hand being exhumed from a lake --
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But at some point, That Evening Sun, opening in limited release on Friday (11.06.09), changes tone and takes on a Faulknerian cast.
Marshall Fine: Movie review: That Evening Sun - An indy gem 2009
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