Born September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi, William Cuthbert Falkner, titled after his great-grandfather Colonel Falkner, (the “u” was later added by William Faulkner’s own desire), is classified as a brilliant novelist, poet, scriptwriter, and author; although, in the safe bet of some critics Faulkner is mostly distinguished as a short story writer. His short stories are passionate, deep, and intense; with a mystic way of luring its readers into the deceptive community of Yoknapatawpha, a township created by Faulkner to express the Mississippi atmosphere he recalled growing up in. Faulkner 's family and his culture were the ground-breaking inspiration behind the creation of Yoknapatawpha County; (pronounced Yok-na-pa-TAW-pha), a Chickasaw
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His literary status established him as an extraordinary writer; yet, William Faulkner personal life was self-doubting. Each of William Faulkner’s short stories: A Rose for Emily, Barn Burning, and Dry September reflects the author’s Southern roots, and the culture in which he lived his life. . His short stories are just that: stories. They are works of fiction inspired by his deeply-felt Southern heritage. There is nothing particularly “mythical” about them. Using the South as his inspiration and setting for his short stories; Faulkner has a way of interpreting that the past is never dead, but somehow continuous, and history is always just a block or two away. Although his works of fictions mainly deal with dark subjects, and a number of dreadful characters, he does give emphasis to hope. Since his death, Faulkner 's work has been broadly studied, and is now more fully respected. However, even his funeral was a scene praiseworthy of Faulkner’s pen. In truth, his 1942 novel Go Down, Moses ends with a amazingly similar funeral procession, as a hearse bears the body of another native son through the streets of a small north Mississippi town on a “bright scorching” July afternoon, passing before an interracial crowd of spectators “into the square, crossing it, circling the Confederate monument and the courthouse while the merchants and clerks and
His literary status established him as an extraordinary writer; yet, William Faulkner personal life was self-doubting. Each of William Faulkner’s short stories: A Rose for Emily, Barn Burning, and Dry September reflects the author’s Southern roots, and the culture in which he lived his life. . His short stories are just that: stories. They are works of fiction inspired by his deeply-felt Southern heritage. There is nothing particularly “mythical” about them. Using the South as his inspiration and setting for his short stories; Faulkner has a way of interpreting that the past is never dead, but somehow continuous, and history is always just a block or two away. Although his works of fictions mainly deal with dark subjects, and a number of dreadful characters, he does give emphasis to hope. Since his death, Faulkner 's work has been broadly studied, and is now more fully respected. However, even his funeral was a scene praiseworthy of Faulkner’s pen. In truth, his 1942 novel Go Down, Moses ends with a amazingly similar funeral procession, as a hearse bears the body of another native son through the streets of a small north Mississippi town on a “bright scorching” July afternoon, passing before an interracial crowd of spectators “into the square, crossing it, circling the Confederate monument and the courthouse while the merchants and clerks and