William Faulkner
Subtitle: The sound and the fury ; As I lay dying
By: edited by Nicolas Tredell.
Contributors: Tredell, Nicolas.
Series: Columbia critical guides
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.; Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.; Modernism (Literature) -- United States.; Mississippi -- In literature.
Description: "Now recognized as two of Faulkner's greatest novels, The Sound and the Fury (1929) and As I Lay Dying (1930) were commercial failures in the decade following their publication. By the end of the Second World War, however, the reputation of both novels had grown and Faulkner's great fictional creation, Yoknapatawpha County, had become as much a part of America as any real area of the Mississippi landscape.".

"This Guide explores the wealth of critical material generated by these two exceptional works of modernist fiction. From the initially mixed critical responses to the novels in the early 1930s, the Guide follows the enormous growth of interest in Faulkner's work across six decades. New writings shaped by a range of critical theories are discussed, offering the reader a clear view of the place now given to one of America's most innovative and influential novelists."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.