Sartoris (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1929
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Tradition, South or Southerners, 1910’s, Violence, Mississippi, Accidents, Death or dying, Veterans, World War I, Tragedy, Airplanes or jets, Horses, Automobiles
- Locales: Virginia, Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)
Sartoris, Faulkner's first published mature novel, and the first to treat the people and places of his fictional county of Yoknapatawpha, is a fitting introduction to his settings and characters. The title is the name of one of his leading families. In one sense, young Bayard Sartoris is the protagonist; in another, it is the entire Sartoris family (at least the first, second, and fourth generations). Also introduced are two members of the Snopes clan—Flem and Byron, employees of old Bayard Sartoris's bank. Protagonists of an interwoven subplot are the Benbows—brother and...
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