June 2008

2008 Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha Conference to focus on ‘The Returns of the Texts ’

The 35th annual Faulkner & Yoknapatawpha conference, in keeping with the renewed attention to the formal dimension of literature, will focus on Faulkner’s fiction not as a reflection, a representation of historical and cultural forces, but as original response: a challenge to the power of external ideological systems to dictate textual expression.

The conference takes place at the University of Mississippi in Faulkner’s hometown of Oxford, Miss., on July 20-24, 2008. For more information on topics, speakers, and registration, please visit the official web site: www.outreach.olemiss.edu/events/faulkner.

Center for Faulkner Studies to host ‘Faulkner and Chopin’ Conference

“Faulkner and Chopin,” a conference sponsored by the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mo., will be held Oct. 2-4, 2008. This conference invites twenty-minute presentations on topics related to Faulkner and/or Kate Chopin. Suggested topics include race, gender, class, history, New Orleans, narrative technique, and the role of the artist. Papers on Faulkner and Chopin in the classroom are also encouraged.

In addition to the paper sessions, the conference will include a keynote address by Barbara C. Ewell, Dorothy Harrell Brown Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans; dramatic readings based on the works of Faulkner and Chopin; exhibits from the University’s Faulkner and Chopin collections; and an historic tour of the local area.

For more information contact the Center for Faulkner Studies.

Faulkner Society, E-mail discussion list information

The William Faulkner Society sponsors several scholarly presentations at the annual American Literature Conference in May and the Modern Language Association Conference in December. The society also sponsors other professional and financial incentives for scholars and graduate students. For more information, visit the society's website, faulknersociety.com.

Both scholars and non-scholars are invited to join the Faulkner Discussion Listserv by sending the message “subscribe faulkner” to md@listserv.olemiss.edu. For more information about the list, send the message “info faulkner” to the same address.

Faulkner dissertation on ‘War and History’ available

My doctoral dissertation, War and History in the Fiction of William Faulkner, is available for download or purchase online from Proquest.com. Click here to read the abstract and a free 24-page preview or to purchase a print or electronic version.

Questions about Faulkner's literary estate should be directed to Lee Caplin

If you have any questions regarding the licensing of Faulkner’s work for stage, screen, or any other commercial endeavor, you should contact Lee Caplin, the exclusive representative of the Faulkner literary estate. Caplin's website at www.pictureentertainment.com includes numerous ways in which to get in touch.