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William Cuthbert Faulkner (/ ˈ f ɔː k n ər /; [1] [2] September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life.
William Faulkner is widely considered the greatest writer of Southern literature, and one of the most esteemed writers of American literature.. William Faulkner (1897—1962) [1] was an American writer who won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Though the parallels between this trip and the fictive one documented in Mosquitoes make it evident that it was the inspiration for the novel's setting, it has been further noted by many critics and readers of Faulkner that direct references to Faulkner's life do not end here. Dawson Fairchild's character, for example, is known to be a ...
As I Lay Dying is a 1930 Southern Gothic [1] novel by American author William Faulkner. Faulkner's fifth novel, it is consistently ranked among the best novels of the 20th century. [2] [3] [4] The title is derived from William Marris's 1925 translation of Homer's Odyssey, [5] referring to the similar themes of both works.
Popeye is a character in William Faulkner's 1931 novel Sanctuary. He is a Memphis, Tennessee-based criminal who rapes Temple Drake and introduces her into a criminal world which corrupts her. Popeye is unable to sexually perform. [1] Owing to this aspect of his body, in the original novel, Popeye instead uses a corncob to violate her.
Unlike many of his earlier works, it is a straightforward narration and eschews the complicated literary techniques of his more well-known works. It is a picaresque novel, and as such may seem uncharacteristically lighthearted given its subject matter. For these reasons, The Reivers is often ignored by Faulkner scholars or dismissed as a lesser ...
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This film was based on three of Faulkner's works including "Barn Burning." [5] In 1985, a made-for-television remake of The Long, Hot Summer aired on NBC, starring Don Johnson. [3] In 1980, the story was adapted into a PBS short film of the same name by director Peter Werner.