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Faulkner's Maps of Yoknapatawpha County, the Fictional Home of His Novels (2015)
- throwanem 9y agoIt's an impressive accomplishment, I think, to write an entire article on this subject without mentioning Lafayette County or its seat Oxford, whereupon Yoknapatawpha County and Jefferson could not more clearly be based. It's a remarkable omission, and the lack of comparison with Lafayette County as much so - one hardly need have grown up there to have the similarity between real map and fictional be either obvious or of interest. (Edited: I had Mr. Faulkner in the wrong cemetery. I do hope he's not too annoyed with the error.)
- knownothing 9y agoFaulkner spent nearly his whole life in Oxford, MS. Perhaps the article assumes readers are more familiar with his life than is fair.
- gumby 9y agoI think it's a reasonable assumption, since few would read the article at all unless they were interested. It's why I find it annoying that some of the free IT journals (e.g. info world in its day) spell out every acronym. It's great as a way of providing information to a larger number of people, but sometimes I simply want to read something that can get straight to the point. I.e. something for the expert or aficionado.