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6177119 No.6177119 [Reply] [Original]

How do I into Faulkner?

From what I understand there are fucking guides out there on how to "get" his books, is he really that inaccessible?

>> No.6177124

just read his books first, jesus

>> No.6177135
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6177135

>>6177124
You really did contribute a lot to this thread, thank you.

>> No.6177145

>>6177119
There are companion readers to every famous or semi-famous writer, that doesn't Tell much about the writer.
Start with the Sound and the fury. I did, and I Think I 'got' it, at least well enough for a first read.

>> No.6177147

>>6177135

no sense in trying to fabricate expectations for yourself before a first read

>> No.6177153

As I Lay Dying -> The Sound and the Fury

>> No.6177164

>>6177119
I into'd Faulkner in a intro English class when I started college. I did not at all enjoy reading As I Lay Dying, but I greatly enjoyed reading and discussing the theories about the book and what it was accomplishing.

So for me, the critical discussion actually made the book, and in that sense I would advocate some 'guided' version, or at least reading the introduction or afterword by the publisher.

>> No.6177166

>>6177153
100% false.

>> No.6177196

>>6177145
>>6177164

Who in their right noodle would opt to read someone else's "guide" instead of just reading the ACTUAL book? By all means read criticisms on the piece(s), but AFTERWARDS, not before or during; don't muddy your own pool with someone else's shit.

>> No.6177202

>>6177196
I mean, I thought my second sentence got the order of events out pretty clearly. I read the book, didn't like it, then read theory on the book and found discussing it pleasant. I too agree that OP can probably come to some more 'original' understanding of the book if they read it first.

>> No.6177214

>>6177202
Sorry, doll. Mine was more a general statement than an indepth analysis and calculated scolding for a perceived act of silliness on your part. I hope I didn't offend your sensitivities.

>> No.6177527

>>6177153
Not a chance, my anonymous friend.

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6177532

>>6177119

You dont. Faulkner into you

>> No.6177558

>>6177527
>>6177166

What do you mean?

I finished As I Lay Dying and loved it.

Are you saying the next step shouldn't be The Sound and the Fury?

>> No.6177578

>>6177558
Oh. You just don't know what > the greater than sign means.

That's fine. Read As I Lay Dying than The Sound and the Fury. But The Sound and the Fury is the greater book.