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Realism and Hope: Overcoming the Distorted Past in the Works of Faulkner

Introduction In 1942, William Faulkner brought an end to the peak of his writing career when he published the short story cycle Go Down, Moses. His peak began thirteen years earlier in 1928 when he began writing The Sound and the Fury, the novel which earned him a place among the top writers of the time. Renowned Faulkner critic André…
John Walker
June 26, 2025