Two collections of early poems by William Faulkner; a sonnet sequence dedicated to his sweetheart, Helen Baird, c. 1925; and "Mississippi Poems," c. 1926, which were typed for Faulkner at the law office of his mentor, Phil Stone. Each section has a separate scholarly introduction; "Helen: A Courtship," intro. by …
“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” —William Faulkner, on receiving the Nobel Prize Go Down, Moses is composed of seven …
Flags in the Dust is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, completed in 1927. His publisher heavily edited the manuscript with Faulkner's reluctant consent, removing about 40,000 words in the process. That version was published as Sartoris in 1929. Faulkner's original manuscript of Flags in the Dust was …