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William Faulkner was a literary genius, and one of America's most important and influential writers. Drawing on previously unavailable sources -- including letters, memoirs, and interviews with Faulkner's daughter and lovers -- Jay Parini has crafted a biography that delves into the mystery of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- William Faulkner: Add a description of this character.
- Estelle
- Jill
- Phil Stone
- Joan Williams
- Hemingway
- Quentin Compson
- Murry
- Sherwood Anderson
- Billy Falkner
- Hal Smith
- Gavin Stevens
- Malcolm Cowley
- Absalom
- Jason
- Bob Haas
- Jack
- Harry
- Ben Wasson
- John Sartoris
- Ratliff
- Mahon
- Saxe Commins
- Sutpen
- Jean Stein
- Harold Ober
- Lucas
- Jefferson
- Cecily
- Elmer
- Bennett Cerf
- Vardaman
- Bayard
Setting & Locations edit
- Hollywood
- Oxford
- Mississippi
- New York City
- Memphis
- Paris
- University Of Virginia
- Europe
- Go Down
- New Orleans
- Charlottesville
- France
- America
- Random House
- The Town
- Princeton
- Yoknapatawpha County
- Rowan Oak
- Algonquin
- United States
- Pascagoula
- England
- Balzac
- Los Angeles
- Albermarle County
- Sweden
- Greenfield Farm
- Stockholm
- Requiem
- Ohio
- Toronto
- London
- Alabama
- Bon
- Lafayette County
- Japan
- Rome
- Houston
- Canada
- Chicago
- New York Herald Tribune
- Old Colonel
- West Point
- Old South
- Jerusalem
- New Republic
First Sentence edit
A sense of place was everything to William Faulkner, and more than any other American novelist in the twentieth century, he understood how to mine the details of place, including its human history, for literary effects.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
1. Origins
2. Town Life
3. Excursions and Extensions
4. Into His Own
5. In Yoknapatawpha County
6. The Circle Widens
7. The Writer as Patriarch
8. Wilderness
9. Seven Lean Years
10. The World's Eye
11. In His Time
12. Significant Soil
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Permissions
Illustrations
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jay Parini (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0066210720
Page Count: 512
Publisher: Harpercollins
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0066210720
Page Count: 512
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3511.A86 Z9445
- Dewey: 813.52
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