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Talking about William Faulkner : interviews with Jimmy Faulkner, and others
- Title
- Talking about William Faulkner : interviews with Jimmy Faulkner, and others / Sally Wolff with Floyd C. Watkins.
- Author
- Faulkner, Jim, 1923-2001.
- Publication
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- xviii, 196 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In the 1970s and 1980s, Sally Wolff and Floyd C. Watkins, both of Emory University, took students of southern literature to Lafayette County, Mississippi, to explore the region where William Faulkner lived. They visited Faulkner's home, Rowan Oak, in Oxford, Mississippi; trekked around the countryside; and met people who were the prototypes for some of his characters.
- During these excursions, they discovered firsthand how profoundly Faulkner's family, community, and region imprinted themselves on his imagination and then both shaped and enriched his work.
- Their primary guide was Jimmy Faulkner, who was once described by his famous uncle as "the only person who likes me for what I am." Like his uncle, Jimmy is a born storyteller, and his recollections provide fascinating, often intimate details about Faulkner as author, friend and drinking buddy, member of the unusual Faulkner clan, and resident of the model for what may be the most famous county in American literature.
- Series Statement
- Southern literary studies
- Uniform Title
- Southern literary studies.
- Subject
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 > Homes and haunts > Lafayette County
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 > Homes and haunts > Oxford
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 > Family
- Faulkner, Jim, 1923-2001 > Interviews
- Faulkner family
- Novelists, American > 20th century > Family relationships
- Literary landmarks > Lafayette County
- Literary landmarks > Oxford
- Lafayette County (Miss.) > Biography
- Oxford (Miss.) > Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-190) and index.
- Contents
- About Jimmy Faulkner, Pearle Galloway, and Motee Daniel -- 1. Oxford Homes and Settings. Rowan Oak. Jimmy Faulkner's House. The Chandler House. The Oxford Jail. University of Mississippi Reading Room -- 2. Lafayette County Churches and Cemeteries. Toby Tubby Church Cemetery. College Hill Church. St. Peter's Cemetery -- 3. Out in the County: Yoknapatawpha Revisited. Yocona River. The Natchez Trace, Yellowleaf Creek, and Rivers Hill. Dogtrot House. Taylor. Old Oxford Plantations -- 4. Miss Pearle and Motee: Acquaintances of William Faulkner. Miss Pearle and Her Store. Motee Daniel -- 5. A Nephew Remembers William Faulkner -- Appendix A: History of the U in Faulkner -- Appendix B: Maps of Lafayette County and Yoknapatawpha County.
- ISBN
- 0807120308 (cl : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95039359
- OCLC
- 33407801
- ocm33407801
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries