The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

This image by William Eggleston (of which a large detail is reproduced on the book cover) is, like most of Eggleston's photos, untitled except by location and date, and so far I am unable to find a date. For that matter, I am also hard pressed to find a precise location.
What I do know, however, is that the image is reproduced on page 88 of Eggleston's 1990 monograph Faulkner's Mississippi, which at least gives me the state. It may even be in or near the city of Oxford, where Faulkner made his home, a good 400 miles away from the historic river.
(Interesting to note: in Faulkner's Mississippi , the
text on the page facing this photograph contains a paragraph or two from Faulkner's original, unpublished introduction to The Sound and the Fury).
Location and date aside, Eggleston's photo provides a fitting cover image, as it itself is roiling and full of fury. 
One might wonder, though, what Eggleston, a legendery stickler for the precise hue, value and saturation of his photographs, might think of this iteration of his photo. Reproduced in Faulkner's Mississippi, it looks more or less like what it is: moving, muddy water. As an illustration for this book jacket, it resembles nothing short of fiery lava.