This edition follows the text corrected in 1984 by Noel Polk and corresponds as closely as possible to Faulkner's original intentions. Included also is the Appendix that Faulkner wrote for The Portable Faulkner in 1946.
Oprah Book Club title. First pub. 1929. The spectacle of white disintegration shown through the decay of a gentle southern family.
The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the corrected edition scrupulously prepared by Noel Polk, whose textual note precedes the text.
At its heart this is a novel about lovelessness - 'only an idiot has no grief; only a fool would forget it. What else is there in this world sharp enough to stick to your guts?
The Sound and the Fury: Curriculum Unit
Design manuscript, setting copy, four galley proofs, page proof, blue line and two reproduction proofs for the corrected edition of the novel edited by Noel Polk.
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century is the story of a family of Southern aristocrats on the brink of personal and financial ruin.
Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character’s voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner’s masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
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Arguably one of the greatest novels written in modern times, William Faulkner’s masterpiece The Sound and the Fury is the story of the Compsons, a traditional upper-class family in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, who are on the brink ...
"A man is the sum of his misfortunes." --William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Arguably one of the greatest novels written in modern times, William Faulkner’s masterpiece The Sound and the Fury is the story of the Compsons, a traditional upper-class family in Yoknapatawpha...
The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the corrected edition scrupulously prepared by Noel Polk, whose textual note precedes the text.
Retells the tragic times of the Compson family, including beautiful, rebellious Caddy; man-child Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic and Dilsey, their black servant.
April Seventh, 1928: Benjy accompanies Luster as he searches for a quarter to go to the circus that night.
Series Editor: Robert Lecker, McGill University.Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, MASTERWORK STUDIES are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in...
The novel has become a modernist classic. ~Ranked 6th on Modern Library's 100 best English-language Novels of the 20th Century ~34th on Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century ~William Faulkner is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature ...
Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character's voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
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