Although its theme is universal rather than regional, both structurally and stylistically Lie Down in Darkness belongs to the Southern tradition. The novel's ornate diction owes much to Thomas Wolfe. Its use of interior monologue in Peyton's section recalls Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury (1929)......
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