Faulkner's county: Yoknapatawpha
By: by Martin J. Dain.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi -- Lafayette County; Novelists, American -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi; Literary landmarks -- Mississippi -- Lafayette County; Lafayette County (Miss.) -- Pictorial works; Oxford (Miss.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: "Lafayette County, Mississippi, was the lifelong home of William Faulkner and the principal model of the Yoknapatawpha County of his great fictional chronicle. Nearly all of the photographs in this book were taken within the boundaries of the County in an effort to document the environment--human and topographical--in which Faulkner lived and worked and which he drew upon ... Several rare early pictures of Faulkner are included ... photographic essay, accompanied by ... quotations from Faulkner texts"--Dustjacket.