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Faulkner's inheritance : Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha, 2005 / edited by Joseph R. Urgo and Ann J. Abadie.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference (32nd : 2005 : University of Mississippi)
- Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference
- Series:
- Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race in literature--Congresses.
- Race in literature.
- Popular culture in literature--Congresses.
- Popular culture in literature.
- Southern States--In literature--Congresses.
- Southern States.
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Criticism and interpretation--Congresses.
- Faulkner, William.
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Family--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Essays by Susan V. Donaldson, Lael Gold, Adam Gussow, Martin Kreiswirth, Jay Parini, Noel Polk, Judith L. Sensibar, Jon Smith, and Priscilla Wald. William Faulkner once said that the writer ""collects his material all his life from everything he reads, from everything he listens to, everything he sees, and he stores that away in sort of a filing cabinet . . . in my case it's not anything near as neat as a filing case; it's more like a junk box."" Faulkner tended to be quite casual about his influences. For example, he referred to the South as ""not very important to me. I just happen to know i
- Contents:
- Making "something which did not exist before" : what Faulkner gave himself / Noel Polk
- Estelle and William Faulkner's imaginative collaboration (c. 1919-1925) / Judith L. Sensibar
- Atomic Faulkner / Priscilla Wald
- Plaintive reiterations and meaningless strains : Faulkner's blues understandings / Adam Gussow
- Faulkner, metropolitan fashion, and "the south" / Jon Smith
- Light in August, Faulkner's angels of history, and the culture of Jim Crow / Susan V. Donaldson
- Faulkner's dark house : the uncanny inheritance of race / Martin Kreiswirth
- A Mammy Callie legacy / Lael Gold
- Afterword : in the house of Faulkner / Jay Parini.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- A collection of essays examining the influences on Faulkner's fiction, including his own family history, Jim Crow laws, contemporary fashion, popular culture, and literature.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-48586-5
- 9786612485862
- 1-60473-164-8
- OCLC:
- 221698237
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