

THE SOUND AND THE FURY PROFESSIONAL
The second essay helps those seeking to understand the history of the critical reception of the novel by offering an insightful guide to the responses of professional critics for The Sound and the Fury. Christopher Rieger's essay aims to view the title through a critical lens, showing how nature is sometimes feminized and eroticized and from which the Compson brothers are estranged. David Hein's chapter helps those seeking to understand the novel's historical context by considering the religious background. This section consists of four essays that provide more specific critical context to the featured title. This volume opens with a number of contextual pieces, starting with a general statement on The Sound and the Fury by the editor, which provides an overview of its composition history, its major themes, its adaptations, and observations on strategies for reading its difficult pages. Miles, Sarah Robertson, and Frédérique Spill.Įach Critical Insights is divided into four sections:Īn Introduction – The book and the author

Urgo as well as an international cast of important emerging critics such as John B. Among the contributors are such established and celebrated scholars as Cheryl Lester, Theresa Towner, and Joseph R. The essays investigate such topics as the environment, war, and industrialism in The Sound and the Fury while offering fascinating explorations of time, the instability of meaning, and secrets of miscegenation.
