William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury met with only limited
success when published in 1929, probably due to its fragmented,
non-chronological structure. Since, however, it has become one of
the most popular of Faulkner's novels, serving as a litmus paper
upon which critical approaches have tested themselves. In the
introduction to this volume Noel Polk traces the critical responses
to the novel from the time of its publication to the present day.
The essays that follow present contemporary reassessments of The
Sound and the Fury from a variety of critical perspectives. Dawn
Trouard offers us the women of The Sound and the Fury, reading
against the grain of the predominant critical tradition that sees
the women through the lens of masculine cultural biases. Donald M.
Kartiganer comes to terms with the ways in which the novel
simultaneously attracts readers and resists readings. Richard
Godden discusses the relationship between incest and miscegenation.
Noel Polk examines closely the way Faulkner experiments with
language.
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