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Essay Archive - Major Themes in Faulkner's "Light in August"
Major Themes in Faulkner's "Light in August"
A Study of 20th Century Man's Search for Self
A Study of the Origins of Evil"...a man's future is inherent in
that man..."
-Faulkner in the University. p.139
Faulkner's Light in August is a metaphor. In fact it is many
metaphors, almost infinitely many. It is a jumble of allusions, themes,
portraits, all of them uniquely important, many of them totally unrelated.
In fact no 20th century writer has even approached the sheer quantity of
symbolism Faulkner packed into every page, with, perhaps, the exception of
James Joyce wh....
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