Ever since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, The Sound and the Fury explores intense, passionate family relationships where there is no love, only self-centredness. At its heart...(展开全部)

This edition of Faulkner's novel is accompanied by six new critical essays, a revised backgrounds section, notes on cultural and historical contexts and a revised bibliography.

Ever since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, The Sound and the Fury explores intense, passionate family relationships where there is no love, only self-centredness. At its heart...(展开全部)

This edition of Faulkner's novel is accompanied by six new critical essays, a revised backgrounds section, notes on cultural and historical contexts and a revised bibliography.

Contents Part 1. History, Technology, and Aesthetics Introduction The Coming of Sound: Technological Change in the American Film Industry, by Douglas Gomery Economic Struggle and Hollywood Imperialism: Europe Converts to Sound, by Douglas Gomery Film Style and Technology in the Thirties: Sound, by Barry Salt The Evolution of Sound Technology, by Rick Altman Ideology and the Pra...(展开全部)

A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder ― from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its heart, it’s a love story, isn’t it? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex–movie star and one of t...(展开全部)

The "sonic turn" in recent art reflects a wider cultural awareness that sight no longer dominates our perception or understanding of contemporary reality. The background buzz of myriad mechanically reproduced sounds increasingly mediates our lives. Tuning into this incessant auditory stimulus, some of our most influential artists have investigated the corporeal, cultural, and p...(展开全部)

《喧哗与骚动》讲述的是南方没落地主康普生一家的家族悲剧。老康普生游手好闲、嗜酒贪杯。其妻自私冷酷、怨天尤人。长子昆丁绝望地抱住南方所谓的旧传统不放，因妹妹凯蒂风流成性、有辱南方淑女身份而爱恨交加，竟至溺水自杀。次子杰生冷酷贪婪，三子班吉则是个白痴，三十三岁时只有三岁小儿的智能。全文通过这三个儿子的内心独白，围绕凯蒂的堕落展开，最后则由黑人女佣迪尔西对前三部分的“有限视角”做一补充。 该作品采用了多角度的叙述方法。

《喧哗与骚动》讲述的是南方没落地主康普生一家的家族悲剧。老康普生游手好闲、嗜酒贪杯。其妻自私冷酷、怨天尤人。长子昆丁绝望地抱住南方所谓的旧传统不放，因妹妹凯蒂风流成性、有辱南方淑女身份而爱恨交加，竟至溺水自杀。次子杰生冷酷贪婪，三子班吉则是个白痴，三十三岁时只有三岁小儿的智能。全文通过这三个儿子的内心独白，围绕凯蒂的堕落展开，最后则由黑人女佣迪尔西对前三部分的“有限视角”做一补充。 该作品采用了多角度的叙述方法。

Designing Sound teaches students and professional sound designers to understand and create sound effects starting from nothing. Its thesis is that any sound can be generated from first principles, guided by analysis and synthesis. The text takes a practitioner's perspective, exploring the basic principles of making ordinary, everyday sounds using an easily accessed free softwar...(展开全部)