The Developing Language Learner: An Introduction to Expoloratory Practice

In an interdisciplinary approach that combines interpretive theory with the sociology and psychology of games, Faulkner's Gambit examines the chess structures, motifs, and imagery in William Faulkner's only novella, situating this critically neglected work within both a historical and literary context. This study traces the rise to prominence of chess in America from its promotion as a selfactualizing and socially beneficial tool by Benjamin Franklin to its prebellum height with the legendary exploits of the nineteenthcentury Louisianan maestro Paul Morphy.