Reviews for From Hardy to Faulkner

The average rating for From Hardy to Faulkner based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-08-05 00:00:00 Kristjon Imperio Faulkner's County is the socio-economic and political history of Lafayette County, Mississippi which was the model for Yoknapatawpha County the fictional setting for many of William Faulkner's 16 novels and several short stories. Don Doyle takes us from the original and displaced Chickasaw residents to the 1836 forced migration and replacement with white settlers and their slaves. Just 24 years later Lafayette embraced secession that led to occupation and economic decline that prevailed through the Depression. It's racial history not to be addressed during Faulkner's life. A powerful study of adversity and stubborn resistance to equality. Faulkner captured the contradictions in his writings.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-01-27 00:00:00 Maritn Neumann I read this, as a non-American, in preparation for reading some Faulkner. Not only is it a very useful introduction to themes and characters in Faulkner's fiction, it is also a really fine example of local history focusing on prominent individuals, economic developments as well as the military and political impacts of the national struggle as it swept through this area of Mississippi. I will be reading more by this author.