Bøger af Karl F. Zender

Explores the moral and ethical dilemmas that characters face inside themselves and in their interactions with others in the works of these two famed authors. Karl Zender's characterological study offers insightful, critically rigorous analyses of the complicated figures who inhabit several major Shakespeare plays and Faulkner novels.

Explores William Shakespeare's depictions of middle age by examining the relationships between middle-aged parents -- mainly fathers -- and their children in five of his greatest plays. He finds that the middle-aged characters, much like their modern counterparts, experience a fear of aging and debility.

With this study Karl Zender offers fresh readings of individual novels, themes, and motifs while also assessing the impact of recent politicised interpretations on our understanding of William Faulkner's achievement.