The Sound and the Fury

Posted on 17 January 2017 by William Faulkner

The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the corrected edition scrupulously prepared by Noel Polk, whose textual note precedes the text David Minter s annotations are designed to assist the reader with obscure words and allusions Backgrounds begins with the appendix Faulkner wrote in 1945 and sometimes referred to as another telling of The Sound and the Fury and includes a selection of Faulkner s letters, excerpts from two Faulkner interviews, a memoir by Faulkner s friend Ben Wasson, and both versions of Faulkner s 1933 introduction to the novel Cultural and Historical Contexts presents four different perspectives, two of them new to the second edition, on the place of the American South in history Taken together, these works by C Vann Woodward, Richard H King, Carolyn Porter, and Robert Penn Warren provide the reader with valuable contexts for understanding the novel Criticism includes seventeen essays on The Sound and the Fury that collectively trace changes in the way we have viewed this novel over the last four decades The critics are Jean Paul Sartre, Irving Howe, Ralph Ellison, Olga W Vickery, Cleanth Brooks, Michael Millgate, John T Irwin, Myra Jehlen, Donald M Kartiganer, David Minter, Warwick Wadlington, John T Matthews, Thadious M Davis, Wesley Morris and Barbara Alverson Morris, Minrose C Gwin, Andr Bleikasten, and Philip M Weinstein A revised Selected Bibliography also is included. Best Read [ The Sound and the Fury ] By [ William Faulkner ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A review paying homage to BENJY COMPSON S uniquely disorienting narration BENJYnarrator lacks sense of timemerger of past and present mergeall the samedisorientation1928Easter MississippiCompsonsaristocrat familyhard times Benjy mentally handicapped33rd birthdayLusterguardian quarter lost minstrel showgolf course golf balls memory cues flashbacks clothes nail sister Caddy CAAAAAADDDYY 1902 flashback argume A review paying homage to BENJY COMPSON S uniquely disorienting narration BENJYnarrator lacks sense of timemerger of past and present mer...Whew This is a devastating book Probably one of the most depressing stories I ve read Incest, castration, suicide, racism, misogyny this one has it all Even at the beginning, when it is possible to make out only pieces of the events, a nauseating sense of dread permeates Benji s narrative per Faulkner s pungent writing style And this feeling never really dissipates Jumping into The Sound and the Fury with no prior introduction is like driving through an impenetrable fog or into a blinding Whew This is a devastating bo...The first time I attempted this book, I made my way through a mere three pages before deciding it would be a waste To date, it is the only book that I had the good sense to leave until later, as my usual response is to barrel through the pages come hell or high water Perhaps it was a good thing that I had just finished slogging my way through a monstrous tome that left my brain incapable of facing down the beginning of Benjy s prose I don t remember the title of whatever book left me in that The first time I attempted this book, I made my way through a mere three pages before deciding it would be a waste To date, it is the only book that I had the good sense to leave until later, as my usual response is to barrel through the pages come hell or high water Perhaps it was a good thing that I had just finished slogging my way thro...Reading some books is like clambering through a barbed wire fence at the bottom of a swamp with your oxygen tank about to run out and this is one of those When you re done with it you look round expecting someone to notice and rush up with the medal and citation you completely deserve for services to literature You finished it Yeahhh But no one does and if you try to explain to your family Hey wow I finished The Sound and the Fury, man was that difficult, wow, my brain is like permanently r Reading some books is ...This is one of those books that makes a gigantic claim As if it s either genius or it s Emperor s New Clothes It won t settle for anything in between On every page I felt Faulkner was straining at the bit to prove to me he s a genius The title has always put me off reading this The Sound and the Fury It s melodramatic, humourless, a bit pompous It sounds like one of those American war films of the fifties starring John Wayne But what is it with southern writers that they only seem able t This is one of those books that makes a gigantic claim As if it s either genius or it s Emperor s New Clothes It won t settle for anything in between On every page I felt Faulkner was straining at the bit to prove to me he s a genius The title has always put me off reading this The Sound and the Fury It s melodramatic, humourless, a bit pompous It sounds like one of those American war films of the fifties starring John Wayne But what is it with southern writers that they only seem able to write books if they can believe they re geniuses Look Homeward Angel makes that claim too Except Look Homeward Angel is probably the most overwritten novel in the history of literature Wolfe maybe had some genius but he wasn t in control of it Faulkner unquestionably is different Faulkn...William Faulkner s unforgettable 1929 novel of a rotting family in the rotting house It s a somber tale of the tragically dysfunctional Compson family, but told with insight and remarkable talent, if not readily accessible Mostly set in the year 1928, and in the US south in the days of segregation and prejudice the N word makes a frequent appearance , The Sound and the Fury has four sections plus an appendix three of the sections are narrated by the three Compson brothers, Benjy, Quentin a William Faulkner s unforgettable 1929 novel of a rotting family in the rotting house It s a somber tale of the tragically dysfunctional Compson family, but told with insight and remarkable talent, if not readily accessible Mostly set in the year 1928, and in the US south in the days of segregation and prejudice the N word makes a frequent appearance , The Sound and the Fury has fo...The first thing that comes to mind in regard to The Sound and the Fury is Eliots a heap of broken images Deciphering TSTF is like reassembling a shattered mirror difficult, and likely to end in pain.On the other hand, its hard to deny that its a great book, if only from the standpoint of workmanship The skill it took to create this piece, composed of so many seperate perspectives, confined to such a narrow and specific moments of time, makes me think of interlocking puzzles carved from a sing The first thing that comes to mind in regard to The Sound and the Fury is Eliot s a heap of broken images Deciphering TSTF is like reassembling a shattered mirror difficult, and likely to end in pain.On the other hand, it s hard to deny that it s a great book, if only from the standpoint of workmanship The skill it took to create this piece, composed of so many seperate perspectives, confined to such a narrow and specific moments of time, makes me think of interlocking puzzles carved from a single piece of wood or stone Whether you like it or not, you have to admire the workmanship.That being said, I believe that this book is so highly regarded for exactly the qualities that make it inaccessible to the majority of readers If you have the patience to finish it, and the tools to decipher it, you become one of the select few, the literati elite It s regarded because it excludes Unfortunately, many lovers of literature want writing to need deco...671 The Sound And The Fury, William FaulknerCharacters The Compsons, Dilsey Gibson, Quentin Compson III, Jason Compson IV, Caroline Bascomb Compson, Candace Caddy Compson, Benjamin Benjy Compson, Miss Quentin Compson 1978 1353 422 671 The Sound And The Fury, William FaulknerCharacters The Compsons, Dilsey Gibson, Quentin Compson III, Jason Compson IV, Caroline Bascom... Life s but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts Life s but a walking shadow, a poor player,That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,And then is heard noIt is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing. This Monster of a Book is equally profound puzzling Somewhere between naked consciousness and brutal incomprehension, the novel is nothing if not cerebral The events occurring one Easter weekend at the end of the roaring 20 s are sliced off at emotional markjers and then mixed in with events from the sad, sad past Beginning the labyrinth with Benjy s POV is like the set of rules proposed by the mad Faulkner Hethan asks, he DEMANDS one put everything away to partake in the Souther This Monster of a Book is equally profound puzzling Somewhere between naked consciousness and brutal incomprehension, the novel is nothing if not cerebral The events occurring one Easter weekend at the end of the roaring 20 s are sliced off at emotional markjers and then mixed in with events from the sad, sad past Beginning the labyrinth with Benjy s POV is like the set of rules proposed by the mad Faulkner Hethan asks, he DEMANDS one put everything away to partake in the Southern Gothic, the drama involved in the lives of the members of a doomed clan.There are occasional dips into three distinct psyches and it is interesting to see just how random or planned the trajectory of each one s personal des...

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17 January 2017

William Faulkner