Decadence and Decay: Identity Crisis and Isolation in the Women of As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury

A scholarly work, submitted as a thesis for completion of an M.A. in English literature, this work delves into two of William Faulkner's most widely read and studied novels. Decadence and Decay: Identity Crisis and Isolation in the Women of As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury articulates some of Faulkner's thematic content, including literary scopes such as the socio-economic and psychological.