Modernity and it's Costs in William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" and Katherine Mansfield's "Garden Party"

Essay from the year 2021 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: This essay shows how Faulkner’s "As I Lay Dying" and Katherine Mansfield’s "Garden Party" are both modernist texts that deal with modernity and its costs for specific groups of people. The time characterized as modernity was the time that major technological advancements were made and a...