He also drew a map of this county to show where certain events take place it appears at the end of a later novel, Absalom, Absalom! He worked out his plan so carefully that many characters who are minor characters in one novel become central characters in a later work. One of Faulkner's great achievements is the creation of this imaginary county. The Compsons, who are the central characters in this novel, also appear in later works. Most of the rest of his novels and short stories are set in this county. With the publication of his third novel, Sartoris, William Faulkner placed his novels in a mythological county that he called Yoknapatawpha County. The later members of the Falkner family were not quite so distinguished as was the great-grandfather. He was finally killed by one of his rivals. He also wrote two other books, but only his first was an outstanding success. During all of these fascinating activities, he took out time to write one of the nation's bestsellers, The White Rose of Memphis, which appeared in 1880. He also built a railroad and ran for public office. He killed several men during this time and became a rather notorious figure. After the Civil War, Colonel Falkner was deeply involved in the problems of the reconstruction period. During the Civil War, Falkner's hot temper was responsible for his demotion from full colonel to lieutenant colonel. Colonel William Falkner had a fairly notable career as a soldier both in the Mexican War and in the American Civil War. The Colonel appears in many of Faulkner's novels under the name of Colonel John Sartoris.
His great-grandfather, Colonel William Cuthbert Falkner (the "u" was added to Faulkner's name by mistake when his first novel was published and Faulkner retained this spelling), came to Mississippi from South Carolina during the first part of the nineteenth century.
In 1949, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, the highest prize that can be awarded to a writer.įaulkner came from a rather distinguished Mississippi family. Even though Faulkner is a contemporary American author, he is already considered to be one of the world's greatest novelists. Almost all of his novels take place in and around Oxford, which he renames Jefferson, Mississippi. William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, but his family soon moved to Oxford, Mississippi.
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