My Life With Faulkner and Brodsky

by Hamblin, Robert W

• ISBN13: 9780997926224
• ISBN10: 0997926228
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-10-18
• Publisher: Southeast Missouri State Univ Press

Summary

In this book Robert Hamblin describes his lifelong interest in the writings of fellow Mississippian William Faulkner and his 36-year collaboration and friendship with Faulkner collector Louis Daniel Brodsky. That collaboration, which began in 1978 and ended with Brodsky’s death in 2014, produced notable contributions to the field of Faulkner studies and resulted in the acquisition of the Brodsky Collection by Southeast Missouri State University and the school’s establishment of the Center for Faulkner Studies. The book also includes a chapter on the interactions of Hamblin and Brodsky as fellow poets.

Author Biography

Robert W. Hamblin is Emeritus Professor of English at Southeast Missouri State University, where he taught from 1965 until 2013. He is the founding Director of the Center for Faulkner Studies, established in 1989. He retired in 2013 but continues to work part-time as Assistant Director of the Center. Hamblin directed Faulkner seminars for both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Missouri Humanities Council.