1959 to Erskine, Albert: Selected Letters, pp. A finding aid for the Blotner papers in located on the Southeast Missouri Sate Universitys Center for Faulkner Studies website.

Using letters, inter-views, reminiscences, critical work, and other primary sources, Blotner creates a detailed and nuanced portrait of Faulkner from his birth to his death. Faulkner himself discouraged the publication of Cullen's book – which is mostly interesting for its data on the local background to some of the fiction – by Random House see his letter of Aug. The research material of Joseph Blotner, Faulkners biographer, is also part of the collection. Blotner, a friend and one-time colleague of Faulkner's, brings a vivid, personalized tone to the biography, as well as a sense of masterful, comprehensive scholarship. Cullen offers an interesting observation from his position on the periphery of Faulkner's Oxford circle: “Many people believe that writings and speeches on the race question are stronger and more liberal than his personal opinions” (p. of North Carolina Press, 1961) Google Scholar, John B. In his Old Times in the Faulkner Country, written with Watkins, Floyd B. It is worth noting that in The Mansion ( 1959) (London: Chatto and Windus, 1961) Google Scholar Faulkner created a damning portrait of an agent of the organisation of which Murry was a dedicated employee, the FBI (see pp. Joseph Blotner provides the most credible explanation for the genesis of the novel’s title: in August 1931, Faulkner and his wife, Estelle, were enjoying a drink on the east porch of their home, and she commented that the quality of the evening light in August seemed somehow different than at other times of the year. Press, 1967) Google Scholar, is more accurate. Murry Falkner, Faulkner's other surviving brother, comes out no better if the same test is used, though in general his book, The Falkners of Mississippi: A Memoir (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ.

6 Faulkner, John, My Brother Bill ( New York: Trident, 1963 London: Gollancz, 1964), p.

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