In this interpretation of William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses, Arthur Kinney argues that miscegenation - the mixing, over several generations, of the McCaslin, Edmonds, and Beauchamp bloodlines - serves as the narrative's central theme. By tracing the evolution of Faulkner's characters,...
Go Down, Moses is one of William Faulkner's most direct and powerful assessments of race relations in America. In this compelling study, Arthur F. Kinney asserts that it is also his most personal--and perhaps most important--novel. Composed of seven complete stories spanning...