Principal
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Faulkner:
A Biography
By Joseph
Blotner
New York: Vintage Books, 1991
xx, 778 pages
ISBN: 0-679-73053-2 (Vintage pbk)
Includes Bibliographical References and Index
48 Pages of photographs
Originally published in two-volumes in 1974; revised one-volume
edition published in 1984.
Written by Faulkner’s friend
and colleague when he served as Writer in Residence
at the University of Virginia, Blotner's biography
remains the quintessential resource on Faulkner’s
life. In revising the two-volume edition, Blotner not
only condensed the earlier work, he also updated it
to reflect the enormous amount of new information that
had been published since the original work's publication.
Included are a chronology of events in Faulkner’s
life, a genealogical chart, and 48 pages of photographs
of key persons and events in Faulkner’s life.
An added bonus are the quotations from Faulkner’s
works which open each chapter. |
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William
Faulkner: His Life and Work
By David
Minter
Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1980.
Johns Hopkins Paperbacks edition, 1982
Softshell Books edition, 1991
xvi, 325 pages
ISBN: 0-8018-2347-1
ISBN: 0-8018-2463-X (Softshell Books pbk)
Minter deals with Faulkner’s
life more circumspectly than does Blotner, with less
detail, but included in this book are more extensive
critical commentary on the literary works by Faulkner.
Also included are a chronology, genealogical chart,
and bibliographical notes. |
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William
Faulkner and Southern History
By Joel Williamson
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993
544 pages.
ISBN: 0-19-510129-4
Includes Bibliographical References and Index
16 pages of photographs.
Go to web
page for this book.
Williamson approaches Faulkner’s
life as a historian, focusing in much greater detail
on Faulkner’s ancestors, who figure prominently
as source material for characters in Faulkner’s
fiction. He includes also a historian's approach to
Faulkner’s literary works.
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The
Life of William Faulkner: A Critical Biography
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By Richard J. Gray
Oxford; Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 1994
xvi, 448 pages
ISBN: 0-631-16415-4
Includes Bibliographical References and Index
16 pages of photographs
Faulkner:
The Transfiguration of Biography
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By Judith Bryant Wittenberg
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1979
viii, 264 pages
ISBN: 0-803-24707-9
Includes Bibliographical References and Index
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Titles
Available for Purchase at Amazon.com
More recent titles
are listed first.
Conversations
with William Faulkner
Edited
by M. Thomas Inge
(Literary Conversations Series)
Paperback
University Press of Mississippi, 1999
A
William Faulkner Encyclopedia
Edited
by Robert W. Hamblin and Charles A. Peek
Hardcover
Greenwood Press, 1999
William
Faulkner: The Making of a Modernist
By Daniel
Joseph Singal
(Fred W. Morrison
Series in Southern Studies)
Paperback
(Also available in hardcover)
University of North Carolina Press, 1999
My
Brother Bill
By John
Faulkner
(Reprint)
Paperback
Hill Street Press, 1998
Faulkner’s
World: The Photographs of Martin J. Dain
Edited
by Tom Rankin,
Photographs by Martin J. Dain
(Faulkner Centennial Edition)
Hardcover
University Press of Mississippi, 1997
William
Faulkner: His Life and Work
By David
Minter
(Reprint Edition)
Paperback
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997
The
Life of William Faulkner: A Critical Biography
By Richard
Gray
Paperback
Blackwell Publishers, 1996
William
Faulkner and Southern History
By Joel
Williamson
Paperback
(Also available in Hardcover)
Oxford University Press, 1996
Phil
Stone of Oxford: A Vicarious Life
By Susan
Snell
(Reprint Edition)
Paperback
University of Georgia Press, 1992
Faulkner:
A Biography
By Joseph
Blotner
(Reprint Edition)
Paperback
Vintage Books, 1991
For additional
biographical works about William Faulkner for sale at Amazon.com,
try Faulkner
Biographies. |
Other Biographical
Works |
William
Faulkner: The Man and the Artist
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By Stephen B. Oates
New York: Harper & Row, 1987
xiv, 363 pages
ISBN: 0-060-15771-2
Includes Index
William
Faulkner, American Writer: A Biography
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By Frederick Robert Karl
First Edition
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989
xvi, 1131 pages
ISBN: 1-444-84088-4
Includes Index, Bibliography
16 pages of photographs
William
Faulkner: Life Glimpses
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By Louis Daniel Brodsky
First Edition
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990
xvi, 222 pages.
ISBN: 0-292-79048-1
Includes Bibliographical references
William
Faulkner: A Life on Paper
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BOOK:
Script by A. I. Bezzerides; Introduction by Carvel Collins
Adapted and Edited by Ann Abadie
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1980
127 pages
ISBN: 0-87805-098-1
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FILM:
Producer: Walter Lowe
Director: Robert Squier
Narrator: Raymond Burr
Mississippi Center for Educational Television
Wilmette, Ill.: Films Incorporated, 1979
Originally Broadcast on PBS-TV on December 17, 1979
120 minutes
William
Faulkner, Biographical and Reference Guide: A
Guide to His Life and Career, with a Checklist of His Works,
a Concise Biography, and a Critical Introduction to Each
of His Novels
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Edited by Leland Cox
Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1982
x, 308 pp.
The
Private World of William Faulkner
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By Robert Coughlan
New York: Harper, 1954
151 pages
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Memoirs
and Reminiscences |
My
Brother Bill: An Affectionate Reminiscence
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By John Faulkner
New York: Trident, 1963.
277 pages.
The
Falkners of Mississippi: A Memoir
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By Murry C. Falkner
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1967
xxv, 205 pages.
Bitterweeds:
Life with William Faulkner at Rowan Oak
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By Malcolm A. Franklin
Irving, Texas: The Society for the Study of Traditional Culture,
1977
129, x pages
Across
the Creek: Faulkner Family Stories
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By Jim Faulkner
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1986
xiv, 103 pages
ISBN: 0-87805-302-6
Talking
About William Faulkner: Interviews With Jimmy Faulkner and
Others
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By Jim Faulkner, Floyd Watkins, and Sally
Woolf
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996
ISBN: 0807120308
Faulkner’s
Oxford: Recollections and Reflections
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By Herman E. Taylor
Nashville, Tenn.: Rutledge Hill Press, 1990
205 pages
ISBN: 1-558-53086-X
Count
No 'Count: Flashbacks to Faulkner
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By Ben Wasson; Introduction by Carvel Collins
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1983
x, 206 pages
ISBN: 0-87805-162-7
A
Loving Gentleman: The Love Story of William Faulkner and Meta
Carpenter
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By Meta Carpenter Wilde and Orin Borsten
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976. 336 pages
ISBN: 0-515-04421-0
The
Faulkner-Cowley File: Letters and Memories, 1944-1962
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By Malcolm Cowley
London: Chatto & Windus, 1966
184 pages
William
Faulkner of Oxford
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Edited by James W. Webb and A. Wigfall Green
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1965
xiv, 136 pages
Faulkner’s
Mississippi
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By Willie Morris; Photographs by William Eggleston
Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, 1990
154 pages
ISBN: 0-848-71052-5
Phil
Stone of Oxford: A Vicarious Life
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By Susan Snell
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991
xi, 399 pages
ISBN: 0-820-31296-7
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