Home of William Faulkner Rowan Oak – Oxford, Mississippi Image Credit – Wikipedia When I was an Ole Miss coed, my part-time job was that of curating at the William Faulkner house–Rowan Oak, in Oxford, MS. That was during the late 1960s and early 1970s–only a few years after the Faulkner family donated Faulkner’s home…
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Analysis of William Faulkner’s Short Story: A Rose for Emily
Before we talk about the story, “A Rose for Emily,” let’s talk about William Faulkner and his Yoknapatawpha County for a moment: “William Faulkner…(born September 25, 1897, New Albany, Mississippi, U.S.—died July 6, 1962, Byhalia, Mississippi), [was an] American novelist and short-story writer who was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. As the eldest…
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner I WHEN Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant–a combined gardener and…
Where Is William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County?
In Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emilly,” Miss Emily lived in Jefferson, Mississippi, which is a fictitious town in the fictitious county of “…Yoknapatawpha County (/jɒknəpəˈtɔːfə/). “Yoknapatawpha County is a fictional Mississippi county created by the American author William Faulkner, largely based upon and inspired by Lafayette County, Mississippi, and its county seat of Oxford (which…
Looking at Lit Book Club – A Jacki Kellum Free Online Book Club
I’m working on my lesson plans for my Comp 2 Class at Northark College: Writing about Literature, and I cannot exaggerate how very much re-reading some of the fine stories and books, poetry, and stories for that class has enriched me. I have decided to share some of the best literature from that class, as…