5/12/2023 0 Comments Faulkner absalom absalomThe novel also looks forward to Intruder in the Dust (1948) in that a fratricide is correlated with the question of the Negro's rights. The use of Quentin, an already established character of sensitivity and feeling, as a central narrator adds unity to the entire Yoknapatawpha series. Compson in The Sound and the Furyis utilized and expanded upon in Mr. The philosophy of cynicism, detachment, and determinism advocated by Mr. Thematically, the novel looks back to Quentin Compson's dilemma in The Sound and the Fury (1929) in that the problem of incest in the Charles-Judith-Henry relationship bears directly upon Quentin's own behavior in the earlier novel. In relationship to Faulkner's entire Yoknapatawpha saga, Absalom, Absalom! with its maps, chronological time table, and cast of characters, solidifies the entire Yoknapatawpha series.
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