The writer
:
- William
Styron (Wikipedia)
1 Early years
2 First novels
3 The Nat Turner controversy
4 Later works
5 Quotes
6 Bibliography
- William
Styron - Interviews (BBC)
:
- connotations of the word madness
- the pain from depression
- alcohol, depression and writing
- the recurring theme of suicide in his books
- success of Darkness Visible
- Audio Interview
with William Styron (wiredforbooks.org)
"William Styron, author of Lie Down in Darkness, Sophie's Choice,
The Confessions of Nat Turner, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize,
talks to Don Swaim in 1981 about Styron's life and the controversies
surrounding his novels."
- William
Styron (enotes.com)
"American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and playwright."
- Biographical Information
- Major Works of Short Fiction
- Critical Reception
His works :
- 'Lie
Down in Darkness'. (1951)
"Styron's first novel is published to critical acclaim. The
plot, revolving around a family funeral in Tidewater, Virginia, is strongly
reminiscent of William Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying', which also makes
use of interior monologue."
(answers.com)
- 'The
Confessions of Nat Turner' (1967)
"It is a historical novel, presented as a first person account
by Nat Turner who led a slave revolt in Virginia in
1831."
1. Plot
2. Criticisms of the novel
(Wikipedia)
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Read an excerpt
(in the middle of the page)
(sibbap.org)
- 'Sophie's
Choice' (1979)
"a novel ... about a young American Southerner who wants to
be a writer and who befriends Nathan Landau, who is Jewish, and his
beautiful lover Sophie, a Polish (but non-Jewish) survivor of the Nazi
concentration camps."
1 Plot summary
2 Style
3 Major themes
4 Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
(Wikipedia)
Excerpt
+ Synopses
& Reviews (powells.com)
- Darkness
Visible : A Memoir of Madness (1989)
- William Styron's memoir about his descent into depression and
attempted suicide, and the triumph of recovery.
(Wikipedia)
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