Faulkner in Cultural Context: Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha, 1995 (Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Series)

What Faulkner once re-ferred to as his "material, the South," possesses the most substantive kind of reality - war and peace, wealth and poverty, race and sexual identity. Yet this reality is ultimately cultural, for it must be understood in terms of a way of life. The twelve essays in this volume, presented in 1995 at the University of Mississippi, trace some of the significant connections between Faulkner's fiction and its surrounding cultural life and show the ways in which the work of art and the cultural context combine to produce meaning. At the University of Mississippi Donald M. Kartiganer is William Howry Professor of Faulkner Studies, and Ann J. Abadie, who has coedited all volumes in the Faulkner Conference series, is Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. From The 1995 Faulkner And Yoknapatawpha Conference, Twelve Essays That Reveal The Author In His Relationship With His World. What Faulkner Once Referred To As His Material, The South, Possesses The Most Substantive Kind Of Reality - War And Peace, Wealth And Poverty, Racial And Sexual Identity. Yet This Reality Is Ultimately Cultural, For It Must Be Understood In Terms Of A Way Of Life. The Twelve Essays In This Volume Trace Some Of The Significant Connections Between Faulkner's Fiction And His Surrounding Life And Show The Ways In Which The Work Of Art And The Southern Context Combine To Produce Meaning. Faulkner's History : Sources And Interpretation / Don H. Doyle -- Like A Virgin : Faulkner, Sexual Cultures, And The Romance Of Resistance / Ann Goodwyn Jones -- Social Psychology Of Paternalism : Sanctuary's Cultural Context / Kevin Railey -- X Marks The Spot : Faulkner's Garden / Dawn Trouard -- Guns Of Light In August : War And Peace In The Second Thirty Years War / Warwick Wadlington -- Light In August : A Novel Of Passing? / Gena Mckinley -- Faulkner And Proletarian Literature / John T. Matthews -- If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem And The Great Migration : History In Black And White / Cheryl Lester -- Faulkner And The Frontier Grotesque : The Hamlet As Southwestern Humor / Peter Alan Froehlich -- Faulkner And The Post-confederate / Neil Schmitz -- Race Fantasies : The Filming Of Intruder In The Dust / Charles Hannon -- Culture In A Faulknerian Context / Sacvan Bercovitch. Edited By Donald M. Kartiganer And Ann J. Abadie. Papers From The 22nd Faulkner And Yoknapatawpha Conference Sponsored By The University Of Mississippi Between July 30 And August 4, 1995. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The twelve essays in this volume, presented in 1995 at the University of Mississippi's Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, trace some of the significant connections between William Faulkner's fiction and its surrounding cultural life and show the ways in which a work of art and the cultural context combine to produce meaning.