A man is the sum of his misfortunes.William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury William Faulkners provocative and enigmatic 1929 novel, The Sound and the Fury, is widely acknowledged as one of the most important English-language novels of the twentieth century. This revised and expanded Norton Critical Edition builds on the strengths of its predecessors while focusing new attention on both the novels contemporary reception and its rich cultural and historical contexts. The text for the Third Edition is again that of the corrected text scrupulously prepared by Noel Polk, whose textual note precedes the novel. David Minters annotations, designed to assist readers with obscure words and allusions, have been retained.Contemporary Reception,new to the Third Edition, considers the broad range of reactions to Faulkners extraordinary novel on publication. Michael Gorras headnote sets the stage for assessments by Evelyn Scott, Henry Nash Smith, Clifton P. Fadiman, Dudley Fitts, Richar