The Sound and the Fury : the South’s Lost Cause

The book explains the novel’s connection with the American South of the 1920s, illuminating its modernist style and exploring its autobiographical elements. After surveying criticism on the novel, the book examines the theme that dominates the work: the changes occuring in Southern race, class and gender definitions. The book shows how The Sound and the Fury relates to the rest of Faulkner’s oeuvre, and the techniques employed in the novel.