The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text
by William Faulkner
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0394532414
- ISBN 13
- 9780394532417
- Seller
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Roseburg, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Black cloth covered hardcover boards with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. No condition issues noted. DJ is unclipped. Some age toning to DJ flaps, some very slight edgewear and two tiny chips. Otherwise is VG condition.
Publsiher's note describes this "new edition of the Sound and the Fury" as the first corrected version of the book since it was orginally publshed in 1929. The text is based on a conparison - under the direction of Noel Polk- of the first edition of and Faulkner's original manuscript and carbon typescript.
Of all of Faulkner's work, 'The Sound and the Fury' has been the one most in demand and generally regarded by critics, scholars, and students as one of the highest points in modern world literature.
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Synopsis
William Faulkner once described The Sound and the Fury, his fourth novel, as “a real son-of-a-bitch” and “the greatest I’ll ever write.” Set in Jefferson, Mississippi, the novel — a classic example of Southern gothic literature — traces the decaying values of the Southern society through the downfall of the aristocratic Compson family. The Sound and the Fury is structured into four distinct sections and perspectives: Benjamin "Benjy" Compson, a mentally disabled 33-year-old man, narrates Part 1: April 7, 1928; Benjy’s older brother, Quentin, narrates Part 2: June 2, 1910; Jason, the youngest Compson brother, narrates April 6, 1928; and Part 4: April 8, 1928 (the day after Part 1) is narrated by a newly introduced third person omniscient point of view. Like James Joyce and other Modernist writers, Faulkner experimented with various narrative techniques, including narrator shifts, frequent times shifts, unconventional punctuation and sentence structure, and — perhaps most predominantly — stream-of-consciousness. Revealing the inner thoughts of the characters to the reader, the narration of The Sound and the Fury is attentive to the events surrounding each character in the present, but also frequently returns to their memories of the past. In doing so, the four parts of the novel relate many of the same episodes, each from different points of view. While initial sales of The Sound and the Fury well less than impressive, the novel became commercially successful with the 1931 publication of Faulkner’s sixth novel, Sanctuary. Still, not one of Faulkner’s novels that followed ever generated as much critical response as The Sound and the Fury. The author was praised for this ability to effectively capture the intimate processes of the human mind in the novel and it played a role in William Faulkner's receiving the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Sound and the Fury sixth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
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- Bookseller
- Bonnie Lane Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01-17-2024-03
- Title
- The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text
- Author
- William Faulkner
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Corrected Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394532414
- ISBN 13
- 9780394532417
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 326
- Size
- 8 7/16" x 5 5/8"
- Keywords
- Fiction, American Writer, Nobel laureate, Southern Literature, 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize 1954
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