ABSTRACT
Sanctuary was the novel which established William Faulkner as an author from the point of view of publishers. It even awakened the Hollywood version ofconsciousness. In an introduction to the Modern Library edition of Sanctuary, Faulkner speaks ofhis work in the tough lingo many American authors appear to find necessary to any discussion of their work and their profession:
I began to think of books in terms of possible money. I decided that I might just as well make some ofit myself I took a little time out, and speculated what a person in Mississippiwould believe to be current trends, chose what I thought to be current trends, and invented the most horrific tale I could imagine and wrote it in about three weeks.
