The Sound and the Fury (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, Sex or sexuality, Suicide, South or Southerners, Brothers and sisters, 1910’s, 1920’s, Incest, Mississippi, Moral conditions, Illegitimacy, Small-town life, Tragedy, Mental retardation
- Locales: Cambridge, MA, Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)
The Sound and the Fury is about another family, the Compsons; like the Sartorises, they are of the aristocratic social level, the planter class. Unlike the Sartorises, who live north of Jefferson, the Compsons live in town. They consist of Mr. and Mrs. Compson and four children: Quentin, the oldest son, commits suicide while a student at Harvard University; he is attracted to his sister Caddy. Benjy, born Maury, is an idiot son. Jason, the youngest son, is grasping and amoral, without feeling for other people. The other important members of the household are Miss Quentin,...
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