Light in August | Criticism

  • Wendy Perkins

    Perkins is a professor of American and English literature and film. In this essay, she examines the tensions between community and individual in the novel.

  • C. Hugh Holman

    In the following excerpt, Holman proposes that unity is manifest in Faulkner's novel through the "paralleling of character traits" and "actions" of Joe Christmas and Christ.

  • B. R. McElderry Jr.

    In the following essay, McElderry argues that the importance of narrative structure in Light in August is often overshadowed by a focus on Faulkner's symbolism.