William Faulkner
William Faulkner created the fictional Yoknapatawpha County as a microcosm of the American South, exploring its history, myth, and racial torment through innovative narrative techniques. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.
Works
- The Sound and the FuryModernist novel using fragmented narrative about a Southern family's decline
- As I Lay DyingNovel told from multiple perspectives about a poor family's funeral journey
- Light in AugustNovel exploring identity and prejudice in the American South during early twentieth century
- Absalom Absalom!Novel depicting generational tragedy and the curse haunting a Southern aristocratic family
- Go Down MosesCollection of interconnected stories about African American life in the Mississippi Delta