ABSTRACT
William Faulkner described his 1927 novel, The Sound and the Fury, as “the most gallant, the most magnificent failure” of all of his books. “I couldn’t leave it alone, and I could never tell it right”, he continued, “though I tried hard and would like to try again, though I’d probably fail again” (Faulkner in the University: Class Conferences at the University of Virginia, 1957–1958 61).
