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"Barn Burning" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner which first appeared in Harper's in June 1939 (pp. 86–96) and has since been widely anthologized. The story deals with class conflicts , the influence of fathers, and vengeance as viewed through the third-person perspective of a young, impressionable child.
Collected Stories of William Faulkner is a short story collection by William Faulkner published by Random House in 1950. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1951. [ 1 ] The publication of this collection of 42 stories was authorized and supervised by Faulkner himself, who came up with the themed section headings.
Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation of African Americans born free in the Southern United States after the end of the American Civil War, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance.
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.
Short story collections by William Faulkner (4 P) Pages in category "Short stories by William Faulkner" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Barn Burning is a 1980 American short film directed by Peter Werner and starring Tommy Lee Jones. It is based on the 1939 short story of the same name by William Faulkner . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Arsonist (Malay: Kaki bakar) is a 1995 Malaysian drama film directed by U-Wei Haji Saari based on the 1939 short story "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner. [2] It was first screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, [3] then later into Malaysian cinemas in 2001.
These 13 is a 1931 collection of short stories written by William Faulkner, [1] and dedicated to his first daughter, Alabama, who died nine days after her birth on January 11, 1931, and to his wife Estelle. No longer in print, These 13 is now a collector's item. These 13, Faulkner's first release of short stories, contained the following stories: