![]() ![]() It suggests such themes as man's isolation in the modern world, man's responsibility to the community, the sacrifice of Christ, the search-for-a-father, man's inhumanity to man, and the theme of denial and flight as opposed to passive acceptance and resignation.Įach of these can be adequately supported, but none seems to present the whole intent of the novel. The novel may be interpreted on many levels. ![]() In Light in August, the family as a unit is replaced by the community, which although not examined as the family is in other novels, serves as the point of departure. In his next major novel, Absalom, Absalom!, Faulkner returned to the family as the point of departure for his story. In Sartoris, The Sound and the Fury, and As I Lay Dying, Faulkner had examined the relationship of the individual to his family. Light in August is the culmination of this creative period and is the novel in which Faulkner combines many of his previous themes with newer insights into human nature. The publication of this novel marked the end of Faulkner's greatest creative period - in four years he had published five substantial novels and numerous short stories. Here he combined numerous themes on a large canvas where many aspects of life are vividly portrayed. Light in August is probably Faulkner's most complex and difficult novel. 132-53, 170-72, by permission of Louisiana State University Press.) 8 (Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press, 1960), pp. (*Reprinted from Studies in American Literature, ed. ![]()
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