Faulkner, Aviation, and Modern War

Faulkner, Aviation, and Modern War frames William Faulkner''s airplane narratives against major scenes of the early 20th century: the Great War, the rise of European fascism in the 1920s and 30s, the Second World War, and the aviation arms race extending from the Wright Flyer in 1903 into the Cold War era. Placing biographical accounts of Faulkner''s time in the Royal Air Force Canada against anal...