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... Light in August ' in 1932 , which appears to synthesize all the strains of Faulkner's discontent . In its scope ' Light in August ' is certainly one of Faulkner's big novels . Here he has again penetrated more deeply into his people and ...
... Light in August ' in 1932 , which appears to synthesize all the strains of Faulkner's discontent . In its scope ' Light in August ' is certainly one of Faulkner's big novels . Here he has again penetrated more deeply into his people and ...
Page 168
... Light in August , ' to show us the full range of his discontent : his con- tempt for modern maturity which displays itself so eloquently in the variety of perversions which the writer contrives for his characters . The defiance of ...
... Light in August , ' to show us the full range of his discontent : his con- tempt for modern maturity which displays itself so eloquently in the variety of perversions which the writer contrives for his characters . The defiance of ...
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... light . We need hardly say more . Yet it is worth noticing , at the very last , that the typical woman of ' The Ham- let ' is Eula Varner , mentally retarded like the Dewey Dell of ' As I Lay Dying ' and the Lena of ' Light in August ...
... light . We need hardly say more . Yet it is worth noticing , at the very last , that the typical woman of ' The Ham- let ' is Eula Varner , mentally retarded like the Dewey Dell of ' As I Lay Dying ' and the Lena of ' Light in August ...
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