William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)

Contents......Page 6
Editor’s Note......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
The Composition of The Sound and the Fury......Page 12
Rev. Shegog’s Powerful Voice......Page 40
An Easter Without Resurrection?......Page 50
“If I Could Say Mother”: Construing the Unsayable About Faulknerian Maternity......Page 76
All Things Become Shadowy Paradoxical......Page 90
Caddy and the Infinite Loop: The Dynamics of Alcoholism in The Sound and the Fury......Page 120
“I Have Sinned in That I Have Betrayed the Innocent Blood”: Quentin’s Recognition of His Guilt......Page 140
Themes in The Sound and the Fury......Page 158
Reading Red: The Man with the (Gay) Red Tiein Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury......Page 190
Crowd and Self: William Faulkner’s Sources of Agency in The Sound and the Fury......Page 206
Chronology......Page 220
Contributors......Page 224
Bibliography......Page 226
Acknowledgments......Page 230
Index......Page 232