Word: faulknerisms
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...reading boiled down to generalizations which are part routine observation, part unbending classification. Those who are not so well read will flee to the mercifully straight evidence of more self-circumscribed historians to escape such tortured, huffy judgments as this one on "the cult of irrationality" (in literature, Hemingway, Faulkner, et al.) : "Its inspiration was science, and it raised the question whether any philosophy could be longer tolerated in a universe wholly without meaning and as indifferent to any meaning that the paltry mind of man might read into it as man himself was to the response that the ephemera...
With this sort of central character, one would expect a novel in the tradition of Faulkner. But "A Grove of Fever Trees" has much more the air of a collection of odd and colorful family reminiscences and in this setting, the character of Danny appears singularly out of place...
...true that Tiger in the Garden is made up of old ingredients: miscegenation, aristocratic drunks and flowerlike ladies, languid Southern talk and fiery Southern tempers. By now any writer, even Faulkner, can use them only at the risk of flirting with caricature. It is nonetheless to Author Lamkin's credit that he has almost succeeded in bringing an old story to life and already writes well enough to handle...
Once the plot of "Intruder in the Dust" has been separated from Mr. Faulkner's unique prose style, its characters are found sadly lacking in fullness. The author's writing was frequently so confusing as to give the story an additional element of mystery and suspense it would not otherwise have...
Both the white young boy who works to save an arrogant and stubborn Negro from a lynching, and the Negro himself, are obscure characters in the film, though they are most important ones. Many things in the movies compensate for the loss of Mr. Faulkner's method of storytelling, but to have been a thoroughly satisfactory piece of drama, the principal characters, particularly the boy, need more dimension...