Faulkner's Gambit Chess and Literature |
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| Author:
| Wainwright, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-88091-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.