Background
Singal, Daniel Joseph was born on November 17, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Laurence Maxwell and Rose (Lipsky) Singal.
(Amid all that has been published about William Faulkner, ...)
Amid all that has been published about William Faulkner, one subject--the nature of his thought--remains largely unexplored. But, as Daniel Singal's new intellectual biography reveals, we can learn much about Faulkner's art by relating it to the cultural and intellectual discourse of his era, and much about that era by coming to terms with his art. Through detailed analyses of individual texts, from the earliest poetry through Go Down, Moses, Singal traces Faulkner's attempt to liberate himself from the repressive Victorian culture in which he was raised by embracing the Modernist culture of the artistic avant-garde. To accommodate the conflicting demands of these two cultures, Singal shows, Faulkner created a complex and fluid structure of selfhood based on a set of dual identities--one, that of a Modernist author writing on the most daring and subversive issues of his day, and the other, that of a southern country gentleman loyal to the conservative mores of his community. Indeed, it is in the clash between these two selves, Singal argues, that one finds the key to making sense of Faulkner.
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Singal, Daniel Joseph was born on November 17, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Laurence Maxwell and Rose (Lipsky) Singal.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1966. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1976.
Mellon fellow Tulane University, New Orleans, 1977-1979, assistant professor history, 1979-1980, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, 1980-1983, associate professor history, 1983-1989, professor history, since 1989.
(Amid all that has been published about William Faulkner, ...)
Board trustees The Harley School, Rochester, New York, 1989-1993. Member Am History Association, Organization American Historians, Southern History Association (Francis B. Simkins prize 1983).
Married Sarah Fonda Snell, June 24, 1969. Children: Hannah Fonda, Rachel Eliza.