Essays, Speeches & Public Letters -- William Faulkner

An essential collection of William Faulkner's mature nonfiction work, updated, with an abundance of new material.<b> <br></b><br>This unique volume includes Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech, a review of Hemingway's <b>The Old Man and the Sea</b> (in which he suggests that Hemingway has found God), and newly collected gems, such as the acerbic essay "On Criticism" and the beguiling "Note on A Fable." It also contains eloquently opinionated public letters on everything from race relations and the nature of fiction to wild-squirrel hunting on his property. This is the most comprehensive collection of Faulkner's brilliant non-fiction work, and a rare look into the life of an American master.<br><br><b>Author:</b> William Faulkner<br><b>Publisher:</b> Modern Library<br><b>Published:</b> 02/10/2004<br><b>Pages:</b> 384<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.03h x 5.16w x 0.85d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780812971378<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>William Faulkner</b> was born in Mississippi in 1897. A legend of American letters, he is the author of <b>The Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, As I Lay Dying</b>, and many other works. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950, and died in 1962. <p/>J<b>ames B. Meriwether</b> is an expert on Faulkner who has been editing Faulkner's fiction and nonfiction work since the late 1950s. He lives with his wife, Anne, in South Carolina.</p>