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Book SynopsisConsidered one of the great American authors of the 20th century, William Faulkner (1897-1962) produced such enduring novels as The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, and As I Lay Dying, as well as many short stories. His works continue to be a source of interest to scholars and students of literature, and the immense amount of criticism about the Nobel-prize winner continues to grow. Following his book Faulkner in the Eighties (Scarecrow, 1991) and two previous volumes published in 1972 and 1983, John E. Bassett provides a comprehensive, annotated listing of commentary in English on William Faulkner since the late 1980s. This volume dedicates its sections to book-length studies of Faulkner, commentaries on individual novels and short works, criticism covering multiple works, biographical and bibliographical sources, and other materials such as book reviews, doctoral dissertations, and brief commentaries. This bibliography provides an organized and accessible list of all significan
Trade ReviewJohn E. Bassett marks another bibliographic feat with his recent William Faulkner: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism Since 1988….While text's main value, of course, lies in the bibliography, Bassett's foreward and introduction also survey critical trends and provide a succinct discussion of the best of almost twenty years of Faulkner criticism in just over ten pages. * Mississippi Quarterly, Summer-Fall 2009 *
The volume is essential for reference libraries and for Faulkner scholarsssss * American Reference Books Annual *
The volume is essential for reference libraries and for Faulkner scholars * American Reference Books Annual *
