Faulkner's County: The Historical Roots of Yoknapatawhpa
(Part of the Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies Series)
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Book Overview
Lafayette County, Mississippi, was the primary inspiration for what is arguably the most famous place in American fiction: William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County. Faulkner once explained that in his Yoknapatawpha stories he "sublimated the actual into the apocryphal." This history of Lafayette County reverses that notion, using Faulkner's rich fictional portrait of a place and its people to illuminate the past.
From the arrival of Europeans...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807849316
ISBN13:9780807849316
Release Date:June 2001
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:488 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.7" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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apocryphal into the actual
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is a well-researched work that's easy to recommend. Doyle is an excellent historian who is well-versed in Faulkner.The combination makes this fine book both an interesting history of Faulkner's native "postage stamp of soil" and an excellent introduction to Faulkner's world. It also provides a wonderful example of what a historian actually does (although not without some cautions along the way).
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