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William Faulkner (September 25, 1897 - July 6, 1962) was a novelist from the Southern United States who wrote works of psychological drama and emotional depth, typically with long serpentine prose and high, meticulously-chosen diction. Like most prolific authors, he suffered the envy and scorn of others, and was considered to be the stylistic rival to Ernest Hemingway (his long sentences contrasted to Hemingway's short, 'minimalist' style). He is perhaps ... considered to be the only true American Modernist of the 1930s, following in experimental tradition European writers such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Marcel Proust, and known for using groundbreaking literary devices such as stream of consciousness, multiple narrations or points of view, and time-shifts within narrative.
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William Faulkner (September 25 1897 - July 6, 1962) was a southern novelist of genius. His work can be hard to read, and it is not to every taste. Like every prolific author, he suffered the envy and scorn of others who could not imagine producing quality work at such a pace. But Faulkner's writing is rich, tragic and funny.
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The Sound And The Fury by: William Faulkner, Collector's Edition Published by: The Easton Press in Norwalk, Conn.: 1992. Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9" tall by 6" deep containing 326 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by Alan Phillips.
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On this day in 1932 William Faulkner reluctantly arrived in Hollywood to begin work as a screenwriter, a labor that would last, on and off, for twenty years. Faulkner had already published The Sound and the Fury, and although far from a popular success he was regarded as one of America's most talented young writers; on the other hand, a local store had just refused his $3 check.
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William Faulkner worked on 17 film scripts in the 30's and 40's -originals, adaptations and collaborations with more seasoned screenwriters. His Hollywood output added up to 2,500 typescript pages - the length of a very thick, unwritten novel.
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Faulkner's works demanded much of his readers. To create a mood, he might let one of his complex sentences run on for more than a page. He juggled time, spliced narratives, experimented with multiple narrators, and interrupted simple stories with rambling, stream-of-consciousness soliloquies. Although hailed as a genius, Faulkner acquired a reputation as a difficult author to read. American critic Malcolm Cowley, concerned that the writer was insufficiently known and appreciated, put together The Portable Faulkner (1946). This book arranged excerpts from Faulkner’s novels into a chronological sequence that gave the entire Yoknapatawpha saga a new clarity.
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