▪ Southern literature: twisted, pessimistic, violent, distorted Gothic novel: Poe
▪ born in New Albany, Mississippi and raised in nearby Oxford, and lived there almost all his life.
sorrow of what was to become his most frequently used subject matter. ▪ The Sound and the Fury, considered as the work of a major writer. ▪ His other major works include ▪ As I Lay Dying (l930), ▪ Light in August (l932), ▪ Absalom, Absalom! (1936), ▪ Wild Palms (1939) ▪ The Hamlet (1940). ▪ The Unvanquished (1938) ▪ Go Down, Moses (1942) ▪ These works are thematically interwoven.
Sartoris The Sound and the Fury As I Lay Dying Light in August Absalom, Absalom! (3) 1940~end: won recognition in America Go Down, Moses
His major works
▪ An anthology of his writings: The Portable Faulkner.