Contains concise synopses of the story's plots, characters and themes along with a brief author biography, a discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance and excerpted criticism.
An exciting perspective on outstanding American writing in two media--print and film. The stories collected here were chosen for adaptation and inclusion in a series of films sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities bringing together the works of America's master writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
William Faulkner is one of America’s most highly regarded novelists. His timeless novels and short stories, including “The Sound and the Fury”; “Light in August”; “Go Down, Moses”; “As I Lay Dying”; “Absalom, Absalom!”; “Barn Burning”; “The Bear”; and, “A Rose for Emily”, are unlocked for the reader in this invaluable guide, which also includes suggestions for paper topics for students.
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