Essays, Speeches & Public Letters

by FAULKNER, WILLIAMMERIWETHER, JAMES B.

• ISBN13: 9780812971378
• ISBN10: 081297137X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-02-10
• Publisher: Modern Library

Summary

An essential collection of William Faulkner's mature nonfiction work, updated, with an abundance of new material. This unique volume includes Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech, a review of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (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.

Author Biography

<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. <br><br>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.

Table of Contents

Biographical Note
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Editor's Preface to the First Edition
Essays
A Note on Sherwood Anderson, 1953	p. 3
Mississippi, 1954	p. 11
A Guest's Impression of New England, 1954	p. 44
An Innocent at Rinkside, 1955	p. 48
Kentucky: May: Saturday, 1955	p. 52
On Privacy, 1955	p. 62
Impressions of Japan, 1955	p. 76
To the Youth of Japan, 1955	p. 82
Letter to a Northern Editor, 1956	p. 86
On Fear: Deep South in Labor: Mississippi, 1956	p. 92
A Letter to the Leaders in the Negro Race, 1956	p. 107
Albert Camus, 1961	p. 113
Speeches
Funeral Sermon for Mammy Caroline Barr, February 4, 1940	p. 117
Upon Receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1950	p. 119
To the Graduating Class, University High School, 1951	p. 122
Upon Being Made on Officer of the Legion of Honor, 1951	p. 125
To the Delta Council, 1952	p. 126
To the Graduating Class, Pine Manor Junior College, 1953	p. 135
Upon Receiving the National Book Award for Fiction, 1955	p. 143
To the Southern Historical Association, 1955	p. 146
Upon Receiving the Silver Medal of the Athens Academy, 1957	p. 152
To the American Academy of Arts and Letters in Presenting the Gold Medal for Fiction to John Dos Passos, 1957	p. 153
To the Raven, Jefferson, and ODK Societies of the University of Virginia, 1958	p. 155
To the English Club of the University of Virginia, 1958	p. 160
To the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, 1959	p. 166
To the American Academy of Arts and Letters upon Acceptance of the Gold Medal for Fiction, 1962	p. 168
Introductions
Foreword to Sherwood Anderson & Other Famous Creoles, 1926	p. 173
Introduction to the Modern Library Edition of Sanctuary, 1932	p. 176
Foreword to The Faulkner Reader, 1954	p. 179
Book Review
The Road Back, by Erich Maria Remarque, 1931	p. 185
Test Pilot, by Jimmy Collins, 1935	p. 188
The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, 1952	p. 193
Public Letters
To the Book Editor of the Chicago Tribune, July 16, 1927	p. 197
To the President of the League of American Writers, 1938	p. 198
To the Editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, July, 12, 1941	p. 199
"His Name was Pete," Oxford Eagle, August 15, 1946	p. 200
To the Editor of the Oxford Eagle, March 13, 1947	p. 202
To the Editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, March 26, 1950	p. 203
To the Editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, April, 9, 1950	p. 205
To the Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, June 12, 1950	p. 206
"To the Voters of Oxford," September 1950	p. 207
To the Editor of the Oxford Eagle, September 14, 1950	p. 208
To the Editor of Time November 13, 1950	p. 210
Statement to the Press on the Willie McGee Case, Memphis Commercial Appeal, March 27, 1951	p. 211
To the Editor of the New York Times, December 26, 1954	p. 212
To the Editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, February 20, 1955	p. 214
To the Editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, March 20, 1955	p. 215
To the Editor of the New York Times, March, 25, 1955	p. 217
To the Editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, April 3, 1955	p. 218
To the Editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, April 10, 1955	p. 220
To the Editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, April, 17, 1955	p. 221
Press Dispatch on the Emmett Till Case, September 9, 1955	p. 222
To the Editor of Life, March 26, 1956	p. 224
To the Editor of the Reporter, April 19, 1956	p. 225
To the Editor of Time, April 23, 1956	p. 226
To the Editor of Time December 10, 1956	p. 227
To the Editor of the New York Times, December 16, 1956	p. 227
To the Editor of Time, February 11, 1957	p. 228
To the Editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, September 15, 1957	p. 229
To the Editor of the New York Times, October 13, 1957	p. 230
Notice, Oxford Eagle, September 24, 1959	p. 231
"Notice," Oxford Eagle, October 15, 1959	p. 232
To the Editor of the New York Times, August 28, 1960	p. 232
Essays
Verse, Old and Nascent: A Pilgrimage, 1924	p. 237
On Criticism, 1925	p. 242
Sherwood Anderson, 1925	p. 246
Literature and War, 1925	p. 254
And Now What's To Do, 1925	p. 256
The Composition, Editing, and Cutting of Flags in the Dust, c. 1928	p. 260
Mac Grider' Son, 1934	p. 264
Note on A Fable, c. 1953	p. 270
Speeches
Funeral Sermon for Mammy Caroline Barr February 5, 1940	p. 275
Address to the Congres pour la Liberte de la Culture, 1952	p. 277
Address at the American Literature Seminar, Nagano, 1955	p. 279
Address upon Receiving the Andres Bello Award, Caracas, 1961	p. 283
Address at the Teatro Municipal, Caracas, 1961	p. 285
Introductions
Two Introductions to The Sound and the Fury	p. 289
Oxford, Mississippi, August 19, 1933	p. 289
Oxford, Mississippi, 1946	p. 296
Prefatory Note to "Appendix: Compson, 1699-1945," 1946	p. 301
Book and Drama Reviews
In April Once, by W. A. Percy, 1920	p. 307
Turns and Movies, by Conrad Aiken, 1921	p. 309
Aria da Capo: A Play in One Act, by Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1922	p. 312
American Drama: Eugene O'Neill, 1922	p. 314
American Drama: Inhibitions, 1922	p. 317
Linda Condon - Cytherea - The Bright Shawl, by Joseph Hergesheimer, 1922	p. 321
Ducdame, by John Cowper Powys, 1925	p. 323
Test Pilot, by Jimmy Collins (The uncut text), 1935	p. 328
Public Letters
To the New Orleans Times-Item, April 4, 1925	p. 337
To the Editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, February 15, 1931	p. 338
Blurb for Men in Darkness, by James Hanley, 1932	p. 344
Blurb and Promotional Use of Letter to Clifton Cuthbert, 1933	p. 344
Classified AD in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, January 22, 1936	p. 345
Inscription on the Monument to Lafayette Country's World War II Dead, 1947	p. 346
To the Memphis Commercial Appeal, April 30, 1950	p. 347
Blurb for The End of the Affair, by Graham Greene, 1955	p. 349
Draft of September 15, 1957, Letter to the Memphis Commercial Appeal	p. 350
Estate Administrator's Notice in the Oxford Eagle, 1960	p. 352
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