William Faulkner and Southern History

by Joel Williamson

Book Overview

One of America's great novelists, William Faulkner was a writer deeply rooted in the American South. In works such as The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom Faulkner drew powerfully on Southern themes, attitudes, and atmosphere to create his own world and place--the mythical Yoknapatawpha County--peopled with quintessential Southerners such as the Compsons, Sartorises, Snopes, and McCaslins. Indeed, to a degree...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195074041
• ISBN13: 9780195074048
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"