William Faulkner: American Writer : A Biography

by Frederick R. Karl

Illuminates how Faulkner's Southern heritage, his drinking, and his relations with women were woven into a single imaginative pattern that bodied forth the self-imposed myths about himself and inspired his fiction

Genres: Biography

1131 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1989

About the author

Along with his biographies, Frederick Karl wrote several volumes of literary criticism, among them American Fictions: 1940-1980. He also was general editor and volume co-editor of the Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, five volumes of which have appeared. He taught at City College of New York, Columbia, and NYU. Karl died in 2004.

Reviews

[T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is so heavy, my wrists hurt after a half hour...

[Duncan M Simpson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't give up on books very much but this one, over long, rambling, and without any clear direction, defeated me. I'll look for another biography of Faulkner!

[Ron Fitzwater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Heavy read, but good.