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488 William Faulkner (with Carl Rollyson)

The History of Literature

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What Made Faulkner Stand Out?

Faulkner grew up with a strong sense of the past as many Southerners did in his era. He inherited tales about gallant southern soldiers and so on. But he was much more a prisoner of the past when he wasn't working with a page, says author David Perry. "He said this, I can move these characters around in space like God"

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