As I Lay Dying (Used Paperback) - William Faulkner, Michael Gorra (Editor)

Condition: This book is in Good Condition. The pages are slightly creased on one corner, the front cover is slightly curled, and there is a small stain on the edges of the pages. The cover and pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Long been recognized not only as one of William Faulkner’s greatest works, but also as the most accessible of his major novels. This Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1985 corrected text and is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.“Backgrounds and Contexts” is divided into three sections, each of which includes a concise introduction by Michael Gorra that carefully frames the issues presented, with particular attention to As I Lay Dying ’s place in Faulkner’s literary life. “Contemporary Reception” reprints American, English, and French reviews by Clifton Fadiman, Henry Nash Smith, Edwin Muir, and Maurice Coindreau, among others, along with Valery Larbaud’s never-before-translated preface to the first French edition of the novel. “The Write