Word: faulknerian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There is however, less reason for satisfaction with the experiment in subject matter and attitude. The more or less petered-out Faulknerian school of pessimism does not provide a very fertile field for the labors of a young novelist with the undeniable talent of William March. The author of "Come in at the Door" might very easily build a reputation as a writer of clever novels on morbid themes for the delectation of the sophisticated, as Black Mask horror stories are for the unsophisticated. He might also do far more; he might go beyond negation, beyond futilitarianism, beyond disgust with...