Faulknerian
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Faulknerian
Example Sentences
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"The Orchard Keeper," "Outer Dark," and "Child of God" are grisly tales of Faulknerian rural horror that could have drawn a grimace from the Marquis de Sade.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2023
In her Midwestern hands, the Faulknerian style was reborn, no longer choking on its own truth, race and the legacy of slavery no longer pushed below the surface.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2019
I had to fight a sense of creeping claustrophobia as I read it, and its Faulknerian sentences, which can run on for half a page or more, sometimes felt like a literary endurance test.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2019
Her memoir and three novels — produced in the span of less than a decade — feel hewn from these grand Faulknerian verities.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2017
But there is no Faulknerian Snopes in O’Connor’s fiction.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2001
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