A collection of essays examining the influences on Faulkner's fiction, including his own family history, Jim Crow laws, contemporary fashion, popular culture, and literature.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Making "something which did not exist before" : what Faulkner gave himself / Noel Polk -- Estelle and William Faulkner's imaginative collaboration (c. 1919-1925) / Judith L. Sensibar -- Atomic Faulkner / Priscilla Wald -- Plaintive reiterations and meaningless strains : Faulkner's blues understandings / Adam Gussow -- Faulkner, metropolitan fashion, and "the south" / Jon Smith -- Light in August, Faulkner's angels of history, and the culture of Jim Crow / Susan V. Donaldson -- Faulkner's dark house : the uncanny inheritance of race / Martin Kreiswirth -- A Mammy Callie legacy / Lael Gold -- Afterword : in the house of Faulkner / Jay Parini.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2008. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.