Faulkner's impact on American literature today

William Faulkner is consider one of American's literatures greatest writers. He was a modernist, historian and Sociologist that attacked topics that society need to understand. He  is known for capturing the raw beauty of the rural South in all its dark complexity. While his sprawling verse and habit of knotting together past, present and future has overwhelmed some critics, others have responded to the demands of his writing. He made readers open their mind to creativity and look deeper into societies issues. Faulkner had short stories and sketches published in The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. He won Noble prices and other awards based on his writings. William Faulkner tackled nearly every aspect of life—from the mundane to the sensational—in the American South. One of the most highly regarded novelists of the twentieth century, Faulkner was a brilliant, innovative, and notably eccentric man with a taste for whiskey (Faulkner began to drink heavily at the age of seventeen) and fragmented narratives. Throughout his life, Faulkner was something of a misfit, notorious for his haughtiness and his tendency to invent stories about himself. Faulkner wrote in different styles and let his creativity run while and I think that's what made all the difference. Today Faulkner is still considered on of American's greatest writer, poet and story telling because he was so raw and open and dint listen to critics.
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