Southern gothic literature finds its roots in the South following the Civil War. Featuring grotesque situations and characters often in claustrophobic, decayed and disturbing setting and sinister events.
As I Lay Dying is the harrowing, darkly comic tale of the Bundren family's trek across Mississippi to bury Addie, their wife and mother, as told by each of the family members--including Addie herself.
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