Saturday, February 17, 2007

William Faulkner, 1897-1962


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Originally uploaded by Timmy Tebow.

The finely groomed mustache and the pipe. The Southern drawl and the three piece suits. Who else, but Mr. William Faulkner...

Faulkner's most well known works are: The Sound and the Fury; Absalom, Absalom!; As I Lay Dying; Big Woods; and several others.

The William Faulkner Foundation: http://www.uhb.fr/faulkner/wf/index.htm

An excellent and comprehensive website: http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html

Introduction for Faulkner at his Nobel Prize banquet: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/press.html

Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/faulkner-speech.html

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