Author

Leon Howard

Leon Howard is Emeritus Professor of English at UCLA. He received an M.A. from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. A former Guggenheim Fellow and Fulbright lecturer, he has written many articles on American literature. Among his books are Literature and the American Tradition and Herman Melville: A Biography.

CONTRIBUTIONS

Criticism

Dec 01 1982

The Composition of The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury has been, during the last fifty years, one of the most widely discussed American novels. Critics have made numerous efforts to define its meaning and have found innumerable things to say about its structure.

Criticism

Dec 01 1982

Twilight (a possible story by William Faulkner)

and Roskus came
and said to come to supper and Caddy said,
It’s not supper time yet, I’m not going.