Faulkner: A Biography. By Joseph Blotner. New York: Random House, 1974.

Faulkner: A Biography. By Joseph Blotner. New York: Random House, 1974.

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Until the publication of The Sound and the Fury, October 7, 1929, William Faulkner knew more rejection than acceptance.Sartoris, published early the same year, had received here mixed reviews, and Faulkner was "disappointed and discouraged by its reception" (Blotner: 236).However, The Sound and the Fury granted him his first taste of critical acclaim and international fame; he was heralded as a offworld drum pads new Euripides, and his book was compared with Greek tragedy.