In this fourth edition of his celebrated study of Faulkner, Irving Howe analyzes all of the great author's works, emphasizing the themes that run throughout the novels and stories. "The scheme of my book is simple," Mr. Howe writes. "First, I have tried to say what Faulkner's work is 'about,' to rep[...]

The New Cambridge Companion to William Faulkner offers contemporary readers a sample of innovative approaches to interpreting and appreciating William Faulkner, who continues to inspire passionate readership worldwide. The essays here address a variety of topics in Faulkner's fiction, such as its re[...]

Arguably the greatest novelist yet to emerge from the United States, William Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize, among other awards, for his narrative reconstructions of life in the US South. Since his death in 1962, scholarly interpretations of Faulkner's work h[...]

This narrative chronicles the decline of the American South through the experiences of Benjy Compson, who struggles to articulate his vision of life. William Faulkner is the author of "As I Lay Dying" and "Sanctuary" and he won the Nobel Prize in 1949.[...]

Arguably Faulkner's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, The Sound and The Fury reveals the story of the disintegration of the Compson family, doomed inhabitants of Faulkner's mythical Yoknapatawpha County, through the interior monologues of some of the most memorable[...]

Absalom, Absalom! utkom 1936 och anses vara William Faulkners främsta verk. Dess intensitet och originalitet gör det även till ett av de viktigaste bidragen till den moderna litteraturen. Romanen utspelar sig före, under och efter amerikanska inbördeskriget och är ett ödesdrama över den gaml[...]