Ledgers of History: William Faulkner, an Almost Forgotten Friendship, and an Antebellum Plantation Diary: Memories of Dr. Edgar Wiggin Fra Contributor(s): Wolff, Sally (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807137014 ISBN-13: 9780807137017 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
Dewey: 813.52 |
LCCN: 2010020515 |
Series: Southern Literary Studies (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.75" W x 8.75" (0.99 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Emory University professor Sally Wolff has carried on a fifty-year tradition of leading students on expeditions to Faulkner country in and around Oxford, Mississippi. Not long ago, she decided to invite alumni on one of these field trips. One response to the invitation surprised her: I can't go on the trip. But I knew William Faulkner. They were the words of Dr. Edgar Wiggin Francisco III, and in talking with Wolff he revealed that as a child in the 1930s and 1940s he did indeed know Faulkner quite well. His father and Faulkner maintained a close friendship for many years, going back to their shared childhood, but the fact of their friendship has been unrecognized because the two men saw much less of each other after the early years of their marriages. In Ledgers of History, Wolff recounts her conversations with Dr. Francisco -- known to Faulkner as Little Eddie -- and reveals startling sources of inspiration for Faulkner's most famous works. |