For decades now literary critics have universally praised Faulkner as one of the greatest writers of the modern era, yet students assigned to read his novels in university, college, and high school classes continue to struggle to make sense of his convoluted plots, prolix style, and complex characterizations. The broadest treatment to date of a topic of increasing concern, this book is designed to provide fresh strategies and practical suggestions for the classroom study of several of Faulkner's finest novels and stories, including The Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, Light in August, The Unvanquished, and Go Down, Moses.The contributors, all noted Faulkner scholars who regularly teach Faulkner works in their courses, employ a variety of critical theories and approaches. In each chapter, theory is subordinated to tested classroom methods that both motivate and assist students in reading the texts and in understanding why Faulkner remains relevant for contemporary readers. The teaching strategies described in this book draw upon such diverse matters as cultural and social analysis, historical context, reading and rhetorical theory, film and stage techniques, comparative studies, and race, class, and gender issues.

Teaching Faulkner: Approaches and Methods (Contributions to the Study of American Literature)

Literature & Fiction

Hahn, Stephen

Hamblin, Robert W.

History & Criticism

Praeger

An encyclopedic guide to the American author includes critical entries on his works and characters, biographical information, and influential people and places in his life.

Critical Companion to William Faulkner

Golay, Michael

Fargnoli, A. Nicholas

Reference

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Three screenplays deal with a conflict between generations, petty problems that delay the production of a warplane, and love between a poor girl and a rich boy

Country Lawyer and Other Stories for the Screen (Center for the Study of Southern Culture Series)

Brodsky, Louis Daniel

FAULKNER, WILLIAM

United States

Univ Pr of Mississippi

Screenplay, Theater, Drama, Literary Studies

Stallion Road: A Screenplay

Humor & Entertainment

Perfect-bound, vinyl cover. About a Little Girl  contains an original poem by William Carlos Williams, essays by Michael Lund and Robert W. Hamblin, and afterwords by Suzy Williams Sinclaire and Daphne Williams Fox.Literature, at its best, reminds us of what it means to be human, connected to families and communities. -About a little girl- is a poem about a family's doctor's concern, professional and personal, for a sick child and her family; and the gift of the poem to the mother of the little girl was a gracious act of friendship. The Lund family's gift of the poem to Southeast perpetuates such feelings, and all of us involved in the production of this book have come to share them as well. We hope that reading the book will draw others into an ever-widening circle of friendship like that begun years ago when a kind and sympathetic family physician was moved to write a poem about a beautiful little girl.

About a Little Girl: A William Carlos Williams Poem and Its Legacy

LUND, Michael

Southeast Missouri State Univ Pr

In this book Robert Hamblin describes his lifelong interest in the writings of fellow Mississippian William Faulkner and his 36-year collaboration and friendship with Faulkner collector Louis Daniel Brodsky. That collaboration, which began in 1978 and ended with Brodsky’s death in 2014, produced notable contributions to the field of Faulkner studies and resulted in the acquisition of the Brodsky Collection by Southeast Missouri State University and the school’s establishment of the Center for Faulkner Studies. The book also includes a chapter on the interactions of Hamblin and Brodsky as fellow poets.

My Life with Faulkner and Brodsky

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Southeast Missouri State Univ Press

William Faulkner (1897-1962) once said of his novels and stories, "I am telling the same story over and over, which is myself and the world." This biography provides an overview of the life and career of the famous author, demonstrating the interrelationships of that life, centered in Oxford, Mississippi, with the characters and events of his fictional world. The book begins with a chapter on Faulkner's most famous ancestor, W. C. Falkner, "the Old Colonel," who greatly influenced both the content and the form of Faulkner's fiction. Robert W. Hamblin then proceeds to examine the highlights of Faulkner's biography, from his childhood to his youthful days as a fledgling poet, through his time in New Orleans, the creation of Yoknapatawpha, the years of struggle and his season of prolific genius, and through his time in Hollywood and his winning of the Nobel Prize. The book concludes with a description of his last years as a revered author, cultural ambassador, and university writer-in-residence.In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Faulkner spoke of "the agony and sweat of the human spirit" that goes into artistic creation. For Faulkner, that struggle was especially acute. Poor and neglected for much of his life, suffering from chronic depression and alcoholism, and unhappy in his personal life, Faulkner overcame tremendous obstacles to achieve literary success. One of the major themes of his novels and stories remains endurance, and his biography exhibits that quality in abundance. Faulkner the man endured and ultimately prevailed.

Myself and the World: A Biography of William Faulkner

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

Robert W. Hamblin elevates Evans Harrington (1925-1997), as well as his remarkable achievements and writings, introducing his legacy to a new generation. Harrington continually found himself in conflict with the conservative, and often reactionary, institutions of his society--be they educational, political, or religious. Yet unlike many Mississippi liberals and moderates of his day--white as well as black--Harrington did not leave the state for a freer environment or better opportunities elsewhere. Except for his military service, he stayed in Mississippi his entire life, and his presence made a difference.
In 1962, Harrington openly supported the enrollment of James Meredith, the first African American student to attend Ole Miss. In 1965, he invited African American students from Tougaloo College to attend the Southern Literary Festival hosted by Ole Miss--the first meeting of that organization to be integrated. In 1972, as faculty sponsor of Images, the Ole Miss literary journal, he joined his student writers in a successful suit against the university's attempt to suppress an issue of the magazine that contained controversial content. In 1996, Harrington united with other ACLU members to support the cause of Lisa Herdahl, who had brought suit against the North Pontotoc, Mississippi, School Board for allowing sectarian prayers and devotionals in public school classrooms. Hamblin presents these and other examples, showing Harrington both as an exception to and as a representative figure of his time and place.
This biography also explores Harrington and his writings, which include "Living in Mississippi," a personal essay about being a white liberal in segregated Mississippi; several short stories; a novel, The Prisoners; and three popular novels issued under the pseudonym Gilbert Terrell: Willa, Missy, and Lily, as well as a number of unpublished manuscripts. Harrington also coedited, with Ann J. Abadie, four volumes of papers presented at the annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, which he cofounded.

Living in Mississippi: The Life and Times of Evans Harrington

Critical Essays on William Faulkner

Critical Essays on William Faulkner compiles scholarship by noted Faulkner studies scholar Robert W. Hamblin. Ranging from 1980 to 2020, the twenty-one essays present a variety of approaches to Faulkner's work. While acknowledging Faulkner as the quintessential southern writer-particularly in his treatment of race-the essays examine his work in relation to American and even international contexts. The volume includes discussions of Faulkner's techniques and the psychological underpinnings of both the origin and the form of his art; explores how his writing is a means of "saying 'no' to death"; examines the intertextual linkages of his fiction with that of other writers like Shakespeare, Twain, Steinbeck, Warren, and Salinger; treats Faulkner's use of myth and his fondness for the initiation motif; and argues that Faulkner's film work in Hollywood is much better and of far greater value than most scholars have acknowledged. Taken as a whole, Hamblin's essays suggest that Faulkner's overarching themes relate to time and consequent change. The history of Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha stretches from the arrival of the white settlers on the Mississippi frontier in the early 1800s to the beginnings of the civil rights movement in the 1940s. Caught in this world of continual change that produces a great degree of uncertainty and ambivalence, the Faulkner character (and reader) must weigh the traditions of the past with the demands of the present and the future. As Faulkner acknowledges, this process of discovery and growth is a difficult and sometimes painful one; yet, as Hamblin attests, to engage in that quest is to realize the very essence of what it means to be human.

Essays & Correspondence

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Teaching Faulkner: Approaches and Methods (Contributions to the Study of American Literature)

Critical Companion to William Faulkner

Country Lawyer and Other Stories for the Screen (Center for the Study of Southern Culture Series)

Stallion Road: A Screenplay

About a Little Girl: A William Carlos Williams Poem and Its Legacy

My Life with Faulkner and Brodsky

Myself and the World: A Biography of William Faulkner

Living in Mississippi: The Life and Times of Evans Harrington

Critical Essays on William Faulkner

Critical Essays on William Faulkner