All right, give it to me straight, /lit/. Is Faulkner a meme?

>>9319704
Faulkner, William. Dislike him. Writer of corncobby chronicles. To consider them masterpieces is an absurd delusion. A nonentity, means absolutely nothing to me.

>>9319725
Go to bed, vlad. You're drunk.

Top 5 author for me. Read his less artistic works if TSatF, AILD and Absalom aren't your taste.

>>9319704
He is not a meme. As I Lay Dying, The Sound & The Fury, Light In August and Absalom, Absalom! are about as good as it gets re American literature. Haven't gotten around to his lesser known novels yet.

>>9319704
He definitely had talent and a unique artistic vision, but I have to agree with Nabokov to some extent in that he let himself be bogged down in kitschy provincialism. He's still good but that corncobby preoccupation with the south precludes him from being truly great.

>>9320079
And this is an objective truth? Or is that statement in accordance with a set standard for judging works? What's lit's stance on this sort of thing?

>>9320111
>He's still good but that corncobby preoccupation with the south precludes him from being truly great.
Eric, simply eric. Thank you for this meme-tier analysis (by which I mean echoing an actual /lit/ meme as your opinion of Faulkner).

>>9320111
>And this is an objective truth?
Of course not. Faulkner is widely considered one of the finest English language writers. Of course, there isn't really an objective truth in a situation like this, but the idea of Faulkner not being "truly great" is a fringe opinion at best.