As I Lay Dying (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1930
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Death or dying, Storms, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Life and death, Mortality
- Locales: Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)
Places Discussed
Bundren house. Home of Addie and Anse Bundren, located in Yoknapatawpha County on a ridge far removed from a secondary gravel road and nearly inaccessible. The house is a fortress of “white-trash” values, tension, and ignorance. There, Anse and Addie have reared five children, all of whom characterize some aspect of the Old South in its demise. The family members occupy the house in disharmony, at odds not only with one another but with the universe itself. Nevertheless, they are representative members and products of their society, who manifest the stench...
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