William Faulkner and Southern History
- ISBN-10
- 0195101294
- ISBN-13
- 9780195101294
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 509
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Joel Williamson
Description
One of America's most acclaimed historians of the South weaves together a perceptive biography of Faulkner with an astute analysis of his works and a revealing history of his ancestors in Mississippi--a family history that becomes, in Williamson's skilled hands, a vivid portrait of Southern culture itself.
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