In addition to exploring every facet of his literary life, associate Blotner. However, The Sound and the Fury granted him his first taste of critical acclaim and international fame he was heralded as a new Euripides, and his book was compared with Greek tragedy. William Faulkner whom many consider to be Americas greatest prose writer. Sartoris, published early the same year, had received mixed reviews, and Faulkner was "disappointed and discouraged by its reception" (Blotner: 236). Until the publication of The Sound and the Fury, October 7, 1929, William Faulkner knew more rejection than acceptance. In Major Writers of Short Fiction: Stories and Commentary, edited by Ann Charters, 422424. However, The Sound and the Fury granted him his first taste of critical acclaim and international fame he was heralded as a new Euripides, and his book was compared with Greek tragedy. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1971.
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