The Portable Faulkner (Penguin Classics)

The Portable Faulkner (Penguin Classics)

â€œA real contribution to the study of Faulknerâ€™s work.â€ â€”Edmund Wilson

A Penguin Classic

In prose of biblical grandeur and feverish intensity, William Faulkner reconstructed the history of the American South as a tragic legend of courage and cruelty, gallantry and greed, futile nobility and obscene crimes. He set this legend in a small, minutely realized parallel universe that he called Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi.

No single volume better conveys the scope of Faulknerâ€™s vision than The Portable Faulkner. The book includes self-contained episodes from the novels The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, and Sanctuary; the storiesÂ â€œThe Bear,â€ â€œSpotted Horses,â€ â€œA Rose for Emily,â€ and â€œOld Man,â€ among others; a map of Yoknapatawpha County and a chronology of the Compson family created by Faulkner especially for this edition; and the complete text of Faulknerâ€™s 1950 address upon receiving the Nobel Prize in literature. Malcolm Cowleyâ€™s critical introduction was praised as â€œsplendidâ€ by Faulkner himself.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800Â titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theÂ series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateÂ translations by award-winning translators.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2003-02-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780142437285

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2003-02-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780142437285

The Portable Faulkner (Penguin Classics)

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