faulkner, william

Discusses the life and career of William Faulkner, helping readers discover the achievements of the tormented Southern genius.

A biography of the American novelist and short story writer.

Presents contemporary critical opinions, studies, and commentaries on the works of William Faulkner. Includes a chronology, notes, and bibliography.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of American writer, William Faulkner.

Contains critical essays on William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury," in which the members of a genteel Southern family are portrayed as petty failures, drunkards, suicides, pathological perverts, and idiots; and includes a chronology, bibliography, and introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

Presents biographical information on Faulkner, and examines various analyses of his work for insights into the issues that lie under the surface of the plots of his writings.