William Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying: Essays, Articles, Reviews

by Nicolas Tredell (Editor)

Overview

Explores the critical material generated by The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying. This guide follows the growth of interest in Faulkner's work across six decades. It discusses writings shaped by various critical theories, offering the reader a view of the place given to one of America's innovative and influential novelists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231121897
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	12/27/2000
Series:	Columbia Critical Guides
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Nicolas Tredell teaches at the University of Sussex.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Trying to Say: Critical Responses to The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, 1929-49
2. Taming the Furies: Faulkner Criticism in the 1950s and 1960s
3. Sounding the Depths: The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying in the 1970s
4. Division, Death, and Desire: Race and Form in Faulkner in the 1980s
5. Mothers, Signifyin(g) Monkeys, and Significant Eyes: The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying in the 1990s
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

In five essays heavy with excerpts, Tredell traces the critical reception of the 1929 and 1930 novels by southern US writer Faulkner, widely considered to be among his most powerful. The chronological essays cover trying to say 1929-49; taming the furies in the 1950s and 1960s; sounding the depths in the 1970s; division, death, and desire in the 1980s; and mothers, signifying monkeys, and significant eyes in the 1990s. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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