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A Faulkner Bibliography:
Criticism Series
Listed here are various published series of criticism with more than one work
devoted to Faulkner.
The American Novel Series:
(Cambridge University Press)
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Titles in this series feature original
(previously unpublished) essays by distinguished literary scholars.
Titles include:
- Millgate, Michael, ed. New Essays on Light in August
(1987).
- Polk, Noel, ed. New Essays on The Sound and the Fury
(1993).
- Wagner-Martin, Linda, ed. New Essays on Go Down, Moses
(1996).
Annotations to the Novels Series:
(Garland Publishers)
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This series features line-by-line commentaries on
difficult or otherwise significant words, phrases, and ideas in Faulkner’s
novels. This is a good resource for readers new to Faulkner’s fiction.
Titles include:
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Arnold, Edwin T. Annotations
to William Faulkner’s Mosquitoes (1989).
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Butterworth, Nancy. Annotations
to William Faulkner’s A Fable (1989).
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Holmes, Catherine D. Annotations
to William Faulkner’s The Hamlet (1996).
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Horton, Merrill. Annotations
to William Faulkner’s The Town (1996).
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Johnson, Susie Paul. Annotations
to William Faulkner’s Pylon (1989).
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Luce, Dianne C. Annotations
to William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying (1990).
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McDaniel, Linda Elkins. Annotations
to William Faulkner’s Flags in the Dust (1991).
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Rousselle, Melinda McLeod. Annotations
to Faulkner’s Sanctuary (1989).
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Ragan, David Paul. Annotations
to William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! (1991).
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Taylor, Nancy Drew. Annotations
to William Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses (1994).
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Yonce, Margaret J. Annotations
to William Faulkner’s Soldiers' Pay (1990).
Critical Essays on American Literature Series:
(G.K. Hall)
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Titles in this series feature essays by
distinguished literary scholars on several key families in Faulkner’s
fiction. Each volume is edited by Arthur F. Kinney.
Titles include:
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Critical Essays on
William Faulkner: The Compson Family (1982).
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Critical Essays on
William Faulkner: The McCaslin Family (1990).
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Critical Essays on
William Faulkner: The Sartoris Family (1985).
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Critical Essays on
William Faulkner: The Sutpen Family (1996).
Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha:
(University Press of Mississippi)
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This series collects the lectures presented at
the Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference,
which is held each summer at the University of Mississippi. Concentrating on
a different theme each year, the weeklong conference attracts renowned
scholars in a number of fields of study.
For a list of titles, see Published
Proceedings on the Faulkner conference
page.
Modern Critical Interpretations
and
Major Literary Characters
(Chelsea House)
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These two series both generally feature original
essays and reprints of articles originally published elsewhere on many works
of great literature. In addition, the Modern Critical Views series
features volumes on a wide variety of works by individual authors. The
general series editor is Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities
at Yale University.
Titles include:
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Caddy Compson
(1990).
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Modern Critical
Views: William Faulkner (1986).
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William Faulkner’s
Absalom, Absalom! (1987).
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William Faulkner’s
Light in August (1988)
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William Faulkner’s
Sanctuary (1988).
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William Faulkner’s
The Sound and the Fury (1988).
Reading Faulkner Series:
(University Press of Mississippi)
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The brainchild of James Hinkle, who died in 1990
before any of the volumes were published, the Reading Faulkner Series is an
excellent set of resources detailing the myriad complex and difficult to
comprehend passages in Faulkner’s novels. Each book in this relatively new
series follows a single work from start to finish, quoting words and
passages from the novel and providing glossary definitions and commentary on
individual passages as well as background information about context,
history, and biographical matters relevant to the passage. In some places,
the commentary also recommends additional resources that may be of interest
to students and scholars.
Also provided in some volumes (and perhaps all)
are chronologies depicting the actions of the plot in the order they
occurred in time. Quotations from Faukner (printed in bold type) are
cited by page and line number according to both the Library of America
editions of Faulkner’s novels and the most recent Vintage paperback
editions.
According to series editor Noel Polk, the volumes attempt to provide "a
handy guide not just to the [novels'] allusions, chronologies, Southernisms,
and difficult words, but also to [their] more difficult passages"—in
short, to try to illuminate "every nuance of meaning contained in the
words." Targeted primarily toward students and beginning Faulkner
scholars, the series nevertheless provides fascinating information which
even seasoned Faulkner critics may not know.
Titles include:
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Arnold, Edwin T. Reading
Faulkner: Sanctuary (1996).
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Hinkle, James C., and
Robert McCoy. Reading Faulkner: The Unvanquished (1995).
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Ross, Stephen M. Reading
Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury (1996).
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Ruppersburg, Hugh M. Reading
Faulkner: Light in August (1994).
Twayne's Masterwork Studies:
(Twayne Publishers)
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Twayne Publishers, a division of G.K. Hall, has
long been a godsend to beginning literary scholars because of their
introductory volumes on English and American authors. The Masterwork Studies
series continues that tradition by offering more detailed studies of
individual works.
The five Masterwork Studies works on Faulkner
novels include a chronology of William Faulkner’s Life and Works, literary
and historical context about the works, and interpretations of the work in
question. Each also includes a bibliography of other works, oftentimes with
brief annotations describing the works.
Titles include:
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Berland, Alwyn. Light in
August: A Study in Black and White, No. 95 (1992).
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Kinney, Arthur F. Go
Down, Moses: The Miscegenation of Time, No. 148 (1996).
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Matthews, John T. The
Sound and the Fury: Faulkner and the Lost Cause, No. 61
(1990).
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Parker, Robert Dale. Absalom,
Absalom!: The Questioning of Fictions, No. 76 (1991).
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Wadlington, Warwick. As
I Lay Dying: Stories out of Stories, No. 102 (1992).
Twentieth Century Interpretations Series
(Prentice-Hall Publishers)
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This series features mostly reprints of existing
journal and book articles, sometimes in an edited or abbreviated form. These
titles are generally useful as a diverse collection of interpretations, but
the serious scholar would be better served in many cases by the original
publications.
Titles include:
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Canfield, John Douglas, ed.
Twentieth Century Interpretations of Sanctuary (1982).
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Cowan, Michael H., ed. Twentieth
Century Interpretations of The Sound and the Fury (1968).
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Goldman, Arnold, ed. Twentieth
Century Interpretations of Absalom, Absalom! (1971).
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Minter, David L., ed. Twentieth
Century Interpretations of Light in August: A Collection of
Critical Essays (1969).
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