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__William Faulkner__ examines the life and work of the American modernist whose experiments in style and form radically challenged not only the experience of time in narrative, but also conceptions of the American South, race, and the explosive fear of miscegenation. Beginning with the 1929 publication of __The Sound and the Fury__ (his fourth novel), Faulkner produced a dazzling series of masterpieces in rapid order, including __As I Lay Dying__; __Sanctuary__; __Light in August__; __Absalom, Absalom!__; and __Go Down, Moses__—novels and stories that alternately exhilarated and exasperated critics and left readers gasping to keep pace with his storytelling innovations. Transforming his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi, into the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Faulkner created his own microcosm in which compassion and personal honor struggle to stand up to the violence, lust, and greed of the modern world. As prolific as Faulkner was, however, the career of this Nobel laureate was neither easy nor carefree. He was perpetually strapped for cash, burdened with supporting a large extended family, ambivalent toward his marriage, and vulnerable to alcoholism. Honoring both the man and th

Who reads William Faulkner (Critical Lives)?

Author

Kirk Curnutt

Publisher

Reaktion Books

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781789140415

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Literary Fiction, Biography

Rating

4.4 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14