In this stimulating study, Brylowski distinguishes various levels of myth in Faulkner, and shows that their meaning underwent a transformation from the thematic to the Christian myth. With these distinctions in focus, Brylowski examines Faulkner's works in some detail: The Sound and Fury (“The Dark Vision”), As I Lay Dying (“The Cosmic Vision”), Light in August, Sanctuary, Absalom, Absalom! (“A Demonic World”), The Wild Palms, Hamlet (“Toward Romance”), Go Down Moses, Intruder in the Dust, A Fable (“The Ethical Period”), The Town, The Mansion, The Reivers (“Yoknapa-tawpha Revisited”). As a whole, Faulkner's work is viewed as “a transcendent vision of man's spiritual power to create a conceptual reality and, as such, approaches the symbolic mode of thought.”