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A Summary and Analysis of William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘The Agony and the Sweat’ is the title sometimes given to one of the most memorable Nobel Prize acceptance speeches: the American novelist William Faulkner’s acceptance of the Nobel Prize for Literature at Stockholm in 1950. In his speech, Faulkner makes his famous statement about the ‘duty’ of writers: that they should write about ‘the human heart in conflict with itself’, as well as emotions and themes such as compassion, sacrifice, courage, and hope.

A Summary and Analysis of William Faulkner’s ‘Dry September’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘Dry September’ is a 1931 short story by the American writer William Faulkner. In the story, which takes place one hot and rainless September in the American South, a white woman accuses an African-American man of attacking her, and the white men of the town form a mob to go after the man. Despite the barber of the town urging caution, they ignore him and pursue the man with terrible consequences.

A Summary and Analysis of William Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘A Rose for Emily’ is a short story by William Faulkner, originally published in Forum in 1930 before being collected in Faulkner’s collection, These Thirteen, the following year. The story concerns an unmarried woman living in the American South who attracts the concern and suspicion of the townspeople after her father dies and she becomes romantically involved with a Yankee man from the North.

Five Fascinating Facts about William Faulkner

Fun facts about the life of William Faulkner, author of The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner (1897-1962) is one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century. He is known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County in his home state of Mississippi. Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.

The Advent Calendar of Literature: Day 20

Yesterday we looked at one of the most important Christmas-themed works of twentieth-century American literature. Today, we’re sticking with twentieth-century American writers and moving on to the subject of Christmas gifts. William Faulkner (1897-1962), author of The Sound and the Fury (1929) and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, was quite an easy … Read more