As I lay dying : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism / William Faulkner ; edited by Michael Gorra, Smith College.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962, author.

Contributor:

Gorra, Michael Edward, editor.

Series:

Norton critical edition

A Norton critical edition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burial--Fiction.

Burial.

Death--Fiction.

Death.

Mississippi--Fiction.

Mississippi.

Genre:

Stream of consciousness fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xiv, 427 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"This Norton Critical Edition of As I Lay Dying, second edition, features William Faulkner's experimental Southern novel with editorial annotations. This canonical twentieth-century work centers on the Bundren family following the death of matriarch Addie Bundren. The story uses fifteen separate and largely unreliable narrators to describe the arduous trip that the surviving members of the family make to bury Addie in Jefferson, Mississippi. The "Backgrounds and Contexts" section covers Faulkner, his work, and early receptions of the novel. A variety of theoretical essays can be found in the "Criticism" section on topics including grief, matricide, and narration. A chronology and selected bibliography are also included in this edition"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780393614534

0393614530

OCLC:

1255521608