William Faulkner: September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962

The Sound and the Fury (1929)

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Author's name Title of work Time period when the author wrote Genre		William Faulkner, Faulkner The Sound and the Fury 20th century, early twentieth century Southern gothic, modernism

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modernism

gender, women, men

humor

time

mythology

suicide, loss, tragedy

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