William Faulkner(1st Edition) Novels 1926-1929: Soldiers' Pay / Mosquitoes / Flags in the Dust / The Sound and the Fury (Library of America) by William Faulkner, Noel Polk, JosephBlotner Hardcover, 1,170 Pages, Published 2006 by Library Of America ISBN-13: 978-1-931082-89-1, ISBN: 1-931082-89-8
"The Library of America edition of the novels of William Faulkner culminates with this volume presenting his first four, each newly edited, and, in many cases, restored with passages that were altered or (in the case of Mosquitoes) expurgated by the original publishers. This is Faulkner as he was meant to be read. In these four novels we can track Faulkner's extraordinary evolution as, over the course of a few years, he discovers and ma ..."
"The years 1942 to 1954 saw William Faulkner’s rise to literary celebrity—sought after by Hollywood, lionized by the critics, awarded a Nobel Prize in 1950 and the Pulitzer and National Book Award for 1954. But, despite his success, he was plagued by depression and alcohol and haunted by a sense that he had more to achieve—and a finite amount of time and energy to achieve it.This Library of America volume collects the novels written duri ..."
"This landmark book is a loosely fictionalized account of Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, one of the nation's most astounding politicians. All the King's Men tells the story of Willie Stark, a southern-fried politician who builds support by appealing to the common man and playing dirty politics with the best of the back-room deal-makers. Though Stark quickly sheds his idealism, his right-hand man, Jack Burden -- who narrates the ..."
"Telling a story that reflects the main current of American literary activity, with many significant acquaintances adding richness along the way--including Allen Tate, Albert Erskine, Katherine Anne Porter, and Andrew Lytle--this biography offers an in-depth profile of Robert Penn Warren--the man and the artist. 16 pp. of photos. 544 pp. Print ads. 20,000 print."
William Faulkner(Updated) Novels 1936-1940 : Absalom, Absalom! / The Unvanquished / If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem / The Hamlet (Library of America) by William Faulkner, JosephBlotner, Noel Polk, Joseph Leo Blotner Hardcover, 1,148 Pages, Published 1990 by Library Of America ISBN-13: 978-0-940450-55-4, ISBN: 0-940450-55-0
"The four novels in this Library of America collection show Faulkner at the height of his powers and fully demonstrate the range of his genius. They explore the tragic and comic aspects of a South haunted by its past and uncertain of its future.In the intricate, spellbinding masterpiece Absalom, Absalom! (1936), Quentin Compson descends into a vortex of images, voices, passions, and doomed desires as he and his Harvard roommate re-create ..."
"Between 1930 and 1935, William Faulkner came into full possession of the genius and creativity that made him one of America’s finest writers of the twentieth century. The four novels in this Library of America collection display an astonishing range of characters and treatments in his Depression-era fiction.As I Lay Dying (1930) is a combination of comedy, horror, and compassion, a narrative woven from the inarticulate desires of a peas ..."
The Modern American Political Novel 1900-1960 (Paperback) by JosephBlotner Paperback, Published 2014 by University Of Texas Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-292-76365-4, ISBN: 0-292-76365-4
"“Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out the window.” —William Faulkner Light in August, a novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, features some of Faulkner’s most memorable characters: guileless, dauntles ..."
"These forty-five stories include not only some of Faulkner's best, but also what proved to be the testing ground for what latter became such major novels as THE UNVANQUISHED, THE HAMLET and GO DOWN MOSES."
Robert Penn Warren A Biography by JosephBlotner Hardcover, 585 Pages, Published 1998 by Random House Value Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-517-31742-6, ISBN: 0-517-31742-7
"Telling a story that reflects the main current of American literary activity, with manysignificant acquaintances adding richness along the way--including Allen ..."
Faulkner A Biography [TWO VOLUME SET - COMPLETE] by JosephBlotner Hardcover, Published 1974 by Random House, New York ISBN-13: 978-0-395-47452-5, ISBN: 0-395-47452-3
Helen(1st Edition) A Courtship and Mississippi Poems by William Faulkner, Carvel Collins, JosephBlotner Hardcover, 148 Pages, Published 1981 by Yoknapatawpha Press ISBN-13: 978-0-916242-12-1, ISBN: 0-916242-12-9
"Two collections of early poems by William Faulkner; a sonnet sequence dedicated to his sweetheart, Helen Baird, c. 1925; and "Mississippi Poems," c. 1926, which were typed for Faulkner at the law office of his mentor, Phil Stone. Each section has a separate scholarly introduction; "Helen: A Courtship," intro. by Carvel Collins; "Mississippi Poems," intro. by Joseph Blotner."
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Robert Boyd. A Certain Evil. Boston: Little, Brown & ..."
Faulkner a Biography by JosephBlotner Published 2005 ISBN-13: 978-1-282-96088-6, ISBN: 1-282-96088-1
"This new edition of Southern Writers assumes its distinguished predecessor’s place as the essential reference on literary artists of the American South. Broadly expanded and thoroughly revised, it boasts 604 entries—nearly double the earlier edition’s—written by 264 scholars. For every figure major and minor, from the venerable and canonical to the fresh and innovative, a biographical sketch and chronological list of published works pr ..."
"The ultimate Faulkner: 19 novels in newly restored texts, complete in a five-volume Library of America boxed setMasterfully edited by Joseph Blotner and Noel Polk and presented for the first time in a deluxe five-volume boxed set, the Library of America edition of William Faulkner's complete novels restores passages that were altered or expurgated by the original publishers and corrects errors made by the original typesetters. Here are ..."