It involves an introduction that is actually one sentence that spans for a couple pages. A sequel to the book, Requiem for a Nun, is the only play that he has published. Its themes of evil and corruption (bearing Southern Gothic tones), resonate to this day. During the 1930s, in an effort to make money, Faulkner crafted a sensationalist "pulp" novel entitled Sanctuary.His first short story collection, These 13 (1931), includes many of his most acclaimed (and most frequently anthologized) stories, including "A Rose for Emily," "Red Leaves," "That Evening Sun," and "Dry September.".
Mississippi marked his sense of humor, his sense of the tragic position of Blacks and Whites, his keen characterization of usual Southern characters and his timeless themes, one of them being that fiercely intelligent people dwelled behind the facade of good old boys and simpletons. He wrote works of psychological drama and emotional depth, typically with long serpentine prose and high, meticulously-chosen diction,also using groundbreaking literary devices such as stream of consciousness, multiple narrations or points of view, and time-shifts within narrative.The Prominent Representative of Northern WritersĪmerican novelist and short-story writer who was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel. The American Modernism (III) (1914 - 1945)