William Faulkner: First Encounters

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In this clear-sighted and enjoyable book Cleanth Brooks acknowledged to be "the best critic of our best novelist " introduces the general reader to Faulkners most important novels and stories: The Sound and the Fury; As I lay Dying; The Hamlet; Go Down Moses; Light in August; and Absalom Absalom! Brooks focuses on theme character and plot as well as on Faulkners world-the fictional Yoknapatawpha County that provides a unique setting for Faulkners tragicomic vision.