William Faulkner's novels and short stories comprise a penetrating view of the divided loyalties, hypocrisies, injustices, and brutalities that were the inheritance of the post-Reconstruction South. Renowned scholar M. Thomas Inge complements a concise text with more than a hundred rarely seen photos and illustrations, making William Faulkner both an inviting introduction to the life and work of this master of modern fiction and an indispensable book of vital interest to readers and scholars.… (more)