C RITICAL C OMPANION TO William Faulkner A Literary Reference to His Life and Work A NICHOLAS FARGNOLI MICHAEL GOLAY ROBERT W HAMBLIN Critical Companion to William Faulkner: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work Copyright © 2008 by A Nicholas Fargnoli, Michael Golay, and Robert W Hamblin All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher For information contact: Facts On File, Inc An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fargnoli, A Nicholas Critical companion to William Faulkner : a literary reference to his life and work / A Nicholas Fargnoli, Michael Golay, Robert W Hamblin p cm Rev ed of: William Faulkner A to Z c2002 Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-0-8160-6432-8 (acid-free paper) Faulkner, William, 1897–1962 —Encyclopedias Novelists, American—20th century—Biography—Encyclopedias Yoknapatawpha County (Imaginary place)—Encyclopedias Mississippi—In literature —Encyclopedias I Golay, Michael, 1951– II Hamblin, Robert W III Fargnoli, A Nicholas William Faulkner A to Z IV Title PS3511.A86Z459 2008 813'.52—dc22 [B] 2007032361 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755 You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at http://www.factsonfile.com Text design by Erika K Arroyo Printed in the United States of America VB Hermitage 10 This book is printed on acid-free paper and contains 30 percent postconsumer recycled content For Phineas and Jupiter, my Southern grandsons A N F For my father M G For Kaye R W H Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction and Guide to Use ix Part I: Biography Part II: Works A to Z 19 Part III: Related People, Places, and Topics 359 Part IV: Appendixes 459 Chronological Bibliographies of Faulkner’s Works and Adaptations Library Holdings; Bibliographies of Secondary Sources; Web Sites; and Societies, Centers, and Conferences Day-by-Day Chronology of Events in As I Lay Dying Faulkner’s Appendix to The Sound and the Fury Faulkner’s Introduction to Sanctuary Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech Chronology of William Faulkner’s Life Index 461 496 521 527 535 537 538 543 Acknowledgments W ith sincere gratitude, we acknowledge our friends and colleagues who have graciously helped us in preparing Critical Companion to William Faulkner Because of their assistance, our task was all the easier We add their names here along with the names of those who aided us in the writing of William Faulkner A to Z, this book’s predecessor: Don Bowden, Matthew J Bruccoli, J D Chapman, Wenhui Chen, Cynthia Cox, Joan Crane, Christina Deane, Larry Donato, Kathleen Duffy, Alessandro Fargnoli, Gioia Fargnoli, Giuliana Fargnoli, Harriett Fargnoli, Sister Elizabeth Gill, O.P., Joel Greenberg, Gregory A Johnson, Robert Kinpoitner, Mark Lerner, Robert Martin, Trisha O’Neill, Brian Quinn, Regina Rush, Norman Weil, and the Reference Department at the Great Neck Library Special recognition and gratitude must be given to Jeff Soloway, executive editor at Facts On File, whose insights and professionalism are equaled only to his patience Gratitude is also owed to Anne Savarese, our previous editor, who facilitated the publication of William Faulkner A to Z; to the Committee for Faculty Scholarship and Academic Advancement at Molloy College for funds to help with photo-reproduction costs; and to Southeast Missouri State University for its support for this project When writing William Faulkner A to Z, we acknowledged Eva Weber of Northampton, Mass., for having contributed to the entries on 39 Faulkner short works from the Collected Stories and Uncollected Stories; a debt of gratitude is again mentioned vii INTRODUCTION AND GUIDE TO USE C ritical Companion to William Faulkner is an expanded and updated version of William Faulkner A to Z More than 80,000 words have been added to the text Character entries throughout the book and Critical Commentary sections on Faulkner’s major works have been significantly expanded, and entirely new sections providing excerpts from contemporary reviews have been added Other new features include further-reading lists for Faulkner’s major novels and short stories and an appendix providing a detailed chronology of one of Faulkner’s greatest and most complicated works, As I Lay Dying In addition, the text throughout has been revised and augmented in the light of the latest scholarship Joining the authors of the previous edition is Robert W Hamblin of the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University The organization of the text also differs in this new volume In keeping with Facts On File’s Critical Companion series, the entries in this book are categorically arranged to assist the reader, especially the student reader, in finding information quickly and easily Part I contains a short biography of Faulkner Part II consists of entries on Faulkner’s works; most entries contain composition and publication information, a synopsis and critical analysis, and descriptions of important characters and some related items Entries on major works also contain excerpts from selected contemporary reviews Part III contains entries, in alphabetical order, on people, places, events, and topics related to Faulkner Fictional places that appear in several of Faulkner’s works, such as Yoknapatawpha County, appear here; a few fictional places that are specific to an individual work appear as subentries to the main work entry in Part II Part IV contains the appendixes including, among other things, primary and secondary bibliographies, library holdings, Faulkner’s appendix to The Sound and the Fury and his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, and a dateline References to works covered in entries in Part II or to related items covered in entries in Part III are given in SMALL CAPITAL LETTERS the first time they appear in any entry Like its predecessor, Critical Companion to William Faulkner offers the general reader and nonspecialist a clear and organized supplement to the reading of William Faulkner’s works Faulkner is one of the most important literary figures in American literature and is recognized worldwide as a stylistic innovator, but his work can also be bewildering at times because of his complex, sometimes convoluted, prose style and narrative techniques Understanding his plots, themes, and characters can be difficult for any reader The primary goal of this volume is to assist students and general readers in their quest to understand, enjoy, and situate in a larger literary and historical context the works and ix 548 Critical Companion to William Faulkner Edmonds, Carothers (continued) in “Race at Morning” 216 in The Reivers 224 in The Town 320 Edmonds, Louisa (Cousin Louisa) (character) 224 Edmonds, McCaslin (Cass) (character) in Go Down, Moses 61, 98–101, 107 in The Reivers 224 in The Town 320 Edmonds, Roth See Edmonds, Carothers Edmonds, Sarah See Priest, Sarah Edmonds Edmonds, Zachary (character) 98–99, 107, 224 Eliot, T S 73–74, 195, 212, 257 “Elly” 76–77 Elly (Ailanthia) (character) 76–77 Elma, Miss (character) 320 Elmer 9, 77 Elnora (character) 42, 260, 311, 312 Emmeline (character) 310 Emmy (character) 274–275, 276 Ephraim (character) 141 Ephum (character) 224 Ernest (character) 304 Ernest, Mister (character) 216 “Error in Chemistry, An” 147, 148, 149, 151 Erskine, Albert 69, 171, 380 escape 353 Essays, Speeches, and Public Lectures by William Faulkner 77 Ethel (character) 210 Eula See Snopes, Eula Varner; Varner, Eula Eunice (character) 260 “Evangeline” 12, 78–80 “Evangeline” (Longfellow) 79 evil 234, 247–248 Ewell, Bryan (character) 148 Ewell, Walter (character) in Go Down, Moses 107 in The Mansion 177 in “Race at Morning” 216 in The Reivers 224 Ewing, Ira, Jr (character) 114, 115 Ewing, Ira, Sr (character) 115 Ewing, Mitch (character) 116 Ewing, Samantha (1) (character) 115 Ewing, Samantha (2) (character) 115 Ewing, Voyd (character) 115 F Fable, A 15–16, 80, 80–90 characters in 7, 83–90 critical commentary on 81–83 synopsis of 80–81 Fadiman, Clifton 48, 222, 292, 381 Fairchild, Dawson (character) 41, 73, 195– 196, 197 Falkner/Faulkner 7, 381– 382, 382 Falkner, John Wesley Thompson 4, 5, 361–362, 382–383 Falkner, John Wesley Thompson, Jr 383 Falkner, John Wesley Thompson, III (“Johncy”) 4, 8, 383, 394, 399 Falkner, Maud Butler 3, 4, 6, 17, 361, 383–384 Falkner, Murry Charles, Jr (Jack) 4, 7, 8, 384–385, 393 Falkner, Murry Cuthbert 3, 4, 8, 11, 361–362, 385–386 Falkner, Sallie McAlpine Murry 4, 386, 449 Falkner, William Clark 3, 3–4, 6, 386, 386–388, 387 during Civil War 369, 395, 405 death of 446 railroad ventures of 399–400, 405 “Fall of the House of Usher, The” (Poe) 243 Falls, Will (character) 92, 260 fantasy, in “Carcassonne” 66–67 Farinzale, Giulio (character) 194 Farmer (character) 236 Farmer, Cecilia (character) 234, 236 Farmington Hunt Club 17, 388 Farr, Cecily Saunders See Saunders, Cecily Farr, George (character) 274–275, 276 Farrell, James T 156–157 Father, in “Shall Not Perish.” See Grier, Res Father Abraham 9, 90 Fathers, Sam (Had-TwoFathers) (character) in “The Bear” 59–60 in Go Down, Moses 61, 100, 107–108 in Intruder in the Dust 146 in “The Old People” 205 in “Red Leaves” 218 in The Reivers 224 Faulkner/Falkner 7, 381– 382, 382 Faulkner (character), in “Afternoon of a Cow” 41 Faulkner (character), in Mosquitoes 197 Faulkner, Alabama 10, 389 Faulkner, (Miss) Dean 388 Faulkner, Dean Swift 5, 12, 22, 388, 394 Faulkner, Estelle Oldham (Lida) 388–390, 389, 390 alcohol and 362–363 childhood of 5, “Elly” and 76, 77 first marriage of 8, 395–396 marriage to 10 other women and 16, 372 Faulkner, James Murry (Jimmy) 17, 363, 390–391 Faulkner, Jill (Jill Faulkner Summers) 12, 15, 391, 391–392, 421, 422, 445 Faulkner, William biography of 3–17 as character 41 chronology of 538–541 photographs 5, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 209, 421, 425, 450 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference See Annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference Faulkner at Nagano 90–91 Faulkner in the University 91, 451 Faulkner Reader, The 91 faun, in “Black Music” 64 fear 307 Feinman, Colonel H I (character) 213 Fentry, G A (character) 149 Fentry, Jackson Longstreet (character) 149 Fentry, Stonewall Jackson (character) 147, 149 Ferguson, James on “A Dangerous Man” 69–70 on “Dull Tale” 76 on “Golden Land” 114 on “Hog Pawn” 134 on “The Hound” 135 on “Mistral” 193 on “Mr Acarius” 200 on “Nympholepsy” 205 on “Once Aboard the Lugger” 206 on “A Return” 242 on “Sepulture South” 268 on “Snow” 273 on “That Evening Sun” 308 on “That Will Be Fine” 310 on “Two Dollar Wife” 335 on “Uncle Willy” 338 Ffollansby (Follansbye) (character) 42, 313 Fibby See Phoebe Fiedler, Leslie 220 film, Faulkner and 11, 12, 368, 372, 392–393, 454 film adaptations of “Barn Burning” 391 of The Hamlet 122, 415 of Intruder in the Dust 138, 140 by MGM 418 of Pylon 211–212 of Sanctuary 248–249 Filus See McCaslin, Theophilus “Fire and the Hearth, The.” See Go Down, Moses Fitt, Dudley 292–293 Fittie, Aunt (character) 224 Flags in the Dust 9, 91–94, 368–369, 415, 455 Fletcher, Helen 159, 258 Index 549 Flint, Ellie Pritchel (character) 149 Flint, Joel (character) 147, 149 See also Canova, Signor flying in “All the Dead Pilots” 42 in “Death Drag” 70–71 Falkner (Jack) and 385 Faulkner and 5–7, 393– 394, 421, 424–425, 437 Faulkner (Dean) and 388 Faulkner (Jimmy) and 390–391 in Pylon 212 in “Thrift” 313 in “Turnabout” 334 in “With Caution and Dispatch” 356 Fonck, Rene (character) 85 Fonsiba See Beauchamp, Sophonsiba (Fonsiba) Fonzo See Winbush, Fonzo “Fool About a Horse” 94– 95, 121 Foote, Mr (character) 337 Foote, Shelby 394–395 Ford, Ruth 395 Forrest, Nathan Bedford 202–203, 395, 398 Fortinbride, Brother (character) 344 Fothergill, Zeb (character) 260–261 Four Seas Company 8, 395 Fox, Matt (character) 116 France 374, 377 Frank (character) 251 Frankie (character), in “Frankie and Johnny” 95, 96 Frankie (character), in Sartoris 261 “Frankie and Johnny” 95–96 Frankie’s father (character) 96 Frankie’s mother (character) 95, 96 Franklin, Cornell Sidney 7, 8, 77, 389, 395–396 Franklin, Malcolm Argyle 8, 396 Franklin, Melvina Victoria de Graffenreid 8, 396 Fraser (character) 149 Fraser, Doyle (character) 141 Fraser, Squire Adam (character) 141 Frazier, Judge (character) 149 Fred, Cousin (character) 310 Fred, Uncle (character) 309–310 Freeman (character), in “Spotted Horses” 304 Freeman (character), in The Hamlet 123 Freeman, Mrs (character) 123 French Architect, the (character) 34 Frenchman’s Bend (fictional place) 117–118, 396–397 Frony See Gibson, Frony Frost, Mark (character) 195–196, 197–198 G Gabe (character) 224 Gallimard Editions 13–14, 374, 398 Gambrell, C L (character) 149 Gant, Jim (character) 192 Gant, Miss Zilphia (Zilphy) (character) 192–193 Gant, Mrs (character) 192–193 Gargne, Monsieur (character) 85 Garraway, Mr 320 Gartley-Ramsay Hospital 362–363 Gary, Dr (character) 276 Gatewood, Jabbo (character) 320 Gatewood, Uncle Noon (character) 320 Gavin, Uncle See Stevens, Gavin Gayoso Hotel 398 Gene (character) 247, 251 General (the German General) (character) 85 Generalissimo, the (character) 81, 87 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Loos) 415 George (character), in The Hamlet 123 George (character), in “That Will Be Fine” 309–310 Georgie (character) 309–310 German General, the (character) 85 Gianotti, Father (character) 211 Gibson, Dilsey (character) basis for 366, 431 in The Sound and the Fury 281–283, 286, 288–290, 298, 534 in “That Evening Sun” 308 Gibson, Frony (character) 289, 298, 308, 534 Gibson, Roskus (Rocius) (character) 146–147, 282, 298 Gibson, T P (character) in The Sound and the Fury 281, 282, 298, 534 in “That Evening Sun” 309 Gibson, Versh (character) 281–283, 298 Gihon (character) 177 Gihon County, Alabama (fictional place) 398 Gillespie (character) 45, 53 Gillespie, Mack (character) 53 Gilligan, Joseph (character) 274–275, 276–277 Gillman (character) 163 Ginotta (character) 198 Ginotta, Joe (character) 198 Ginotta, Mrs (character) 198 Ginotta, Pete (character) 195–196, 198 Ginsfarb (character) 70–71 Glasgow (fictional place) 398 Gloria (character) 210 Go Down, Moses 61, 97–113 See also “Bear, The”; “Delta Autumn”; “Go Down, Moses”; “Lion”; “Old People, The”; “Pantaloon in Black” characters in 103–112 critical commentary on 98–101 critical reception of 101–102 history and 405 locations in 406, 418, 446, 455 race in 431 reviews of 102–103 synopsis of 97–98 “Go Down, Moses” 96–97, 98, 101 See also Go Down, Moses “Golden Land” 114–115, 392 Goldie (character) 201 “Gold Is Not Always” 98, 113–114, 364 Goldman, Morton 398 Goldsborough, Murray 455 Gombault (“Uncle Pete” Gombault; Mr Gombault) (character) 236, 306, 320–321 Goodwin, Lee (character) 245–247, 251 Goodyhay, Brother J C (character) 177 Gordon (character) 195– 196, 198 Gordon, Charles (character) 241–242 Gordon, Randolph (character) 241–242 gothic 25, 78, 243 Govelli (character) 63 Gowan, Judge (character) 108 Gowrie (characters) 141 Gowrie, Amanda Workitt (character) 141–142 Gowrie, Bilbo (character) 142 Gowrie, Bryan (character) 142 Gowrie, Crawford (character) 139, 142 Gowrie, Mr (character) 321 Gowrie, N B Forrest (character) 142 Gowrie, Nub (character) 142, 177 Gowrie, Vardaman (character) 142, 452 Gowrie, Vinson (character) 137, 142 gradualism 434 Grady (character) 213 Gragnon, Charles (Major General) (character) 80–81, 85 Graham, Eustice (character) 252, 261 Grammaw (Bunden) (character) 39, 40 Grant, Joe (character) 213 Grant, Ulysses S 398–399, 440–441, 452–453 Gratton, Mr (character) 261 550 Critical Companion to William Faulkner Gray, Richard 210 greed in “The Big Shot” 62 in “Dull Tale” 75 in “Gold Is Not Always” 114 in The Hamlet 118–119, 120 in “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” 169 in “Thrift” 313 Green, Captain (character) 277 Green Bough, A 115–116 Greenfield Farm 12, 365, 399, 431 Greenleaf (characters) 142 Gregory, Horace 69, 102 Grenier, Louis (character) in The Hamlet 123 in Intruder in the Dust 142 in Knight’s Gambit 149 in The Reivers 225 in Requiem for a Nun 236 in The Town 321 Grenier County (fictional place) 132, 399 Grier, Mrs (character) in “Shall Not Perish” 269, 270 in “Shingles for the Lord” 271 in “Two Soldiers” 337–338 Grier, Pete (character) 269, 270, 336–337 Grier, Res (Pap; Mr Grier) (character) in The Mansion 177 in “Shall Not Perish” 270 in “Shingles for the Lord” 271 in “Two Soldiers” 338 Grier boy (character) 271 Grierson, Miss Emily (character) 243, 244 Grimm, Eustace (character) 53, 123, 170 Grimm, Percy (character) 153, 154, 164 Grinnup, Lonnie (character) 142, 147, 149 Grinnup, Old Dan (character) 225 Grove, Lena (character) 153–155, 164 Grove, McKinley (character) 164 Grumby, Major (character) in The Hamlet 123 in “The Unvanquished” 340 in The Unvanquished 341–342, 344 in “Vendée” 349–350 Grummet (character) 53 Gualdres, Captain (character) 147, 149 Gulf & Chicago Railroad 4, 399 Gulf & Ship Island Railroad 387–388, 399–400 Guynemer, Georges (character) 85 Gwynn, Frederick 368 H Haas, Robert K 69, 401, 441 Habersham (character) 344 Habersham, (Miss) Eunice (character) 138, 143, 321 Habersham, Doctor Samuel (character) 142–143, 236, 321 Habersham, Mrs (character) 337 Had-Two-Fathers See Fathers, Sam Hagood (character) 212, 213 Hahn, Stephen 271 Haig, General (Douglas) 357 “Hair” 116 Hait, Lonzo (character) 177, 201–202, 321 Hait, Mrs (Mannie) (character) 201, 202, 321 Halladay, Jim (character) 143 Halliday (character) 164 Hamblett, Jim (character) 34 Hamblin, Robert 148 Hamlet, The 12, 13, 117– 133, 442–443 characters in 122–132 critical commentary on 120–122 critical reception of 120–122 film adaptation of 122, 415 “The Hound” and 135 locations in 396–397, 399, 423, 427, 452, 455 reviews of 132–133, 381 synopsis of 117–120 Hammett, Dashiell 362 Hamp (character) 354 Hampton (Hope Hampton, Hubert Hampton, Hub Hampton) (character) in The Hamlet 124 in Intruder in the Dust 143 in The Mansion 177 in The Reivers 225 in The Town 314, 321 Hampton, Hubert, Jr (Little Hub) (character) 178, 225 Hampton, Mrs (Hope) 143 Hampton, Sally See Parsons, Sally Hampton “Hand Upon the Waters” 147–151 Handy, Professor (character) 321 Handy, W C 401 Hank (character) 213 Hanley (character) 85 Harcourt, Brace and Company 257, 401 Hare (character) 236 Harker, Mr (character) 68, 321 Harker, Otis (character) 321 Harpe, Big (character) 237 Harpe, Wiley (character) 237 Harper (character) 334 Harper’s Magazine 401–402 Harpes (character) 237 Harris (character), in “Death Drag” 71 Harris (character), in Sanctuary 252 Harris, Elmer (character) 65 Harris, Max (character) 147 Harris, Meloney (character) 261 Harris, Mr (character) 57, 58 Harris, Plurella (character) 344 Harrison (character) 345 Harriss (character) 149, 178 Harriss, Max (character) 149 Harriss, Melisandre Backus See Backus, Melisandre Harriss, Miss (character) 149 Harry (character) 357 Harry, Mr (character) 82, 85–86 Harvard University 402 Hatcher, Louis (character) 298 Hatcher, Martha (character) 298 Hawk, Dennison (character) 345 Hawk, Dennison, Jr (character) 345 Hawk, Drusilla See Sartoris, Drusilla Hawk Hawk, Louisa (character) 345 Hawkhurst (fictional place) 398, 402 Hawks, Howard 12, 372, 392, 402, 454 Hawkshaw See Stribling, Henry Haynes, Jane Isbell 279–280 Head, Sydney Herbert (character) 283–286, 299 Helen: A Courtship 133, 365 Hell Creek (fictional place) 402–403 Helmsman, the (character) 198 Hemingway, Ernest 403–404 Henderson, Mrs (character) 277 Henri (character) 86 Henry (character), in Go Down, Moses 108 Henry (character), in The Mansion 178 Henry (character), in Requiem for a Nun 237 Henry (character), in Soldiers’ Pay 277 Henry (character), in The Sound and the Fury 299 Henry, Uncle (character) 261 Herb (Herbie) (character) 73–74 Het (Old Het) (character) 201, 202, 321–322 Heustace, Mr and Mrs Henry (characters) 242 Hicks, Granville 221 Hightower, Gail (1) (character) 11, 164 Hightower, Gail (2) (character) 11, 153, 164–165 Hightower, Hiram (character) 225, 365 Hill, Dr (character) 201 Hiller, Emil (character) 273 Hilliard (character) 345 Index 551 Hines, Eupheus (Doc) (character) 153, 154, 165 Hines, Milly (character) 165 Hines, Mrs (character) 165 Hipps, Buck (character) 120, 124 See also Buck history, Faulkner and 404– 406, 448 Hoake (character) 124 Hodge, Elmer (character) 210–211 Hodge, Jo (character) 210, 211 Hodge, Mr (character) 210, 211 Hodge, Mrs (character) 210, 211 Hoffman, Frederick J 316–317 Hogben (character) 354 Hogganbeck, (Miss) Melissa (character) 149, 322 Hogganbeck, Boon (character) 363 basis for 371 in Go Down, Moses 100–101, 108 in Intruder in the Dust 143 in “Lion” 168 in The Reivers 219–220, 225 in The Town 322 Hogganbeck, Everbe Corinthia (Miss Corrie) (character) 219–220, 225 Hogganbeck, Lucius Priest (Luke) (character) 178, 226, 322 See also Provine, Lucius “Hog Pawn” 133–135 Hoke’s Station (fictional place) 406 Holcomb, (Sister) Beth (character) 178 Holcomb, Ashley (character) 322 Holiday 406 Holland, Anselm, Jr (Young Anse) (character) 147, 150 Holland, Anselm, Sr (Anse; Old Anse) (character) 124, 147, 150 Holland, Cornelia Mardis (character) 150 Holland, Mr (character), in Knight’s Gambit 150 Holland, Mr (character), in The Mansion 178 Holland, Virginus (Virge) (character) 150 Hollowell, Lafe (character) 39, 40 Hollowell, Lee (character) 39, 40 Hollymount (fictional place) 406 Holly Springs 406–407 Hollywood 114 See also film; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Warner Brothers Holmes, Jack (character) 212, 214 Holmes, Miss (character) 285, 299 Holston, Alexander (Alec; Uncle Alec) (character) in Intruder in the Dust 143 in The Mansion 178 in Requiem for a Nun 237 in The Town 322 Holston, Dr (character) 203 Holston, Mrs (character) 345 Holston House (fictional place) 407 homoeroticism 25 homosexuality 243 honor 172 Hood, Uncle Parsham (character) 226 Hooper (character) 198 Hope, L C W (Claude) (character) 334 Hopkins (character) 299 Horn (character) 86 horse racing in Notes on a Horsethief 204 in The Reivers 219–220 horse-trading in “Fool About a Horse” 94 in The Hamlet 120, 121–122 in “Spotted Horses” 303 Hotel Peabody 407 “Hound, The” 135–136 House, Darrel See Howes, Darrel Housman, A E 407 Houston (character), in As I Lay Dying 53 Houston (character), in Sartoris 261 Houston, Doris (character) 335 Houston, Jack (character) in The Hamlet 119, 124 in “The Hound” 135, 136 in The Mansion 171, 178 in The Town 322 Houston, Lucy Pate (character) 119, 124, 324 Houston, Mrs (character) 335 Hovis, Mr (character) 322 Hovis, Mrs (character) 339 Howe, Irving 407 on Absalom, Absalom! 25 on “Death Drag” 71 on Go Down, Moses 99–101 on The Hamlet 121 on Light in August 153, 156 on The Mansion 173– 174 on The Reivers 220–221 on “That Evening Sun” 307–308 on The Unvanquished 342–343 on The Wild Palms 353 Howe, Russell Warren 433– 434, 435 Howes, Darrel (character) 136–137 Hoxey, Major (character) 67, 68 Hub (character) 261 Huckleberry Finn (Twain) 218, 219 Hughes, Manny (character) 137 Hulett (character) 108 hunting in “The Bear” 59–60, 444 in “Delta Autumn” 72 by Faulkner 388, 412– 413, 423 in “Lion” 168 in “The Old People” 205 in “Race at Morning” 216 Hurtz, Mr (character) 214 I identity 154–155 “Idyll in the Desert” 136– 137 If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem See Wild Palms, The Ike (character) 150 Ike (Uncle Ike) See McCaslin, Isaac Ikkemotubbe (character) 373 in Absalom, Absalom! 34 in Intruder in the Dust 146 in “The Old People” 108 in “Red Leaves” 217– 218 in Requiem for a Nun 237 in The Sound and the Fury 527 in The Town 322 imagery 205, 303 Immelmann, Max (character) 86, 357 incest in Absalom, Absalom! 23–24, 78 in Go Down, Moses 100 in The Sound and the Fury 283, 404 individualism 306 Ingraham (characters) 143 Ingrum, Willy (character) 143 innocence 39–40 insanity 49 interior monologue 408 in As I Lay Dying 46–47, 49 Joyce’s use of 410 in The Sound and the Fury 290 time and 447 Intruder in the Dust 14, 114, 137–145, 138 characters in 140–145 critical commentary on 139–140 film adaptations of 138, 140, 418 locations in 367, 371, 378, 398, 406, 409, 421, 423, 455 race in 430, 432 synopsis of 137–139 Irey (character) 86 Iron Bridge (fictional place) 408 irony 82, 118 Isham (character) 108 552 Critical Companion to William Faulkner Isom (character) in “All the Dead Pilots” 42 in Flags in the Dust 93 in Sanctuary 252 in Sartoris 261 Issetibbeha (character) 373 in Go Down, Moses 108–109 in “Red Leaves” 217– 218 in Requiem for a Nun 237 in The Town 322–323 J Jabbo See Gatewood, Jabbo Jabbo, Captain (character) 178 Jack, Peter Monro 27–28 Jackie (character) 226 Jackson (character) 527 Jackson (Mississippi) 233 Jackson, Al (character) 41, 198 Jackson, Art (character) 212 Jackson, Claude (character) 41, 198 Jackson, Elenor (“Perchie”) (character) 41 Jackson, Herman (character) 41–42 Jackson, Old Man (character) 41, 42, 198 jailhouse 233 Jailor, the See Tubbs, Euphus Jake (character) 70–71 James, Lieutenant Colonel (character) 86 Jameson, Dorothy (character) 195–196, 198 Japan 90–91 Jason, Mr See Compson, Jason Richmond Jason III See Compson, Jason Richmond Jean (character) 86 Jefferson, Mississippi (fictional place) 232, 233–234, 409 Jelliffe, R A 221–222 Jennings, Elizabeth 173 Jenny, Miss (character) 246, 252 See also Du Pre, Mrs Virginia Jerry (character) 334 Jesus (character) 307, 308 Jiggs (character) 212, 214 Jim (1) (character) 124 Jim (2) (character) in “Fool About a Horse” 95 in The Hamlet 124 Jingus (character) 345 Joan (character) 92 Joanna (character) 242 Job (Uncle Job) (character) in Knight’s Gambit 150 in The Town 323 Job (Uncle Job) (character), in The Sound and the Fury 286–288, 299 Jobaker (Joe Baker) (character) 109 Joby (character), in “My Grandmother Millard” 203 Joby (character), in “There Was a Queen” 312 Jock (character) 70–71 Jody (character) 53 Joe (character), in Intruder in the Dust 143 Joe (character), in Knight’s Gambit 150 Joe (character), in “Once Aboard the Lugger” 206 Joe (character), in Sanctuary 252 Joe (character), in Sartoris 261 Joe, Mr (character) 70 Joe, Uncle See Mahon, Rector John Henry (character) 261 Johnny (character) 95, 96 John Paul (character) 310 Johns, Maxwell (character) 335–336 Johnson, Jack (character) 357 Jonas (character) 109 Jones (character), in “Death Drag” 71 Jones (character), in Sartoris 261 Jones, Anne Goodwyn 353 Jones, Diane B 351 Jones, Herschell (character) 252 Jones, Januarius (character) 274–275, 277 Jones, Melicent (character) 34 Jones, Milly (character) in Absalom, Absalom! 23, 34 in “Wash” 21, 350–351 Jones, Wash (character) in Absalom, Absalom! 23, 34 in “Wash” 21, 350–351 Jonsson, Else 15, 409–410 Jordan, Mrs (character) 310 Jornstadt (character) 336 Joyce, James 410–411 interior monologue used by 408 in Paris “A Portrait of Elmer” influenced by 210 Pylon influenced by 212 The Sound and the Fury influenced by 291–292 Jug (character) 214 Julio (character) 285, 299 Junkin, Professor (character) 299 Jupe (character) 165 “Justice, A” 9, 145–147 K Karl, Frederick 210, 257, 363, 393–394 Kauffman, Eva See Wiseman, Eva Kauffman Kauffman, Julius (1) (character) 195–196, 198 Kauffman, Julius (2) (character) 198–199 Kawin, Bruce 392 Kaye, Major C (character) 42 Kazimura (character) 115 Kazin, Alfred 315, 412 Keats, John 60–61, 190 Keeley Institute 4, 361–362, 382, 412 Kemp, Beasley (character) 95, 125 Kendon, Frank 293 Kennedy, Watt (character) 165 Kenny (character) 299 Keswick Hunt Club 412– 413 Ketcham (character) 109 Killegrew, Hampton (character) 150 Killegrew, Hunter (character) 178 Killegrew, Miss (character) 323 Killegrew, Old Man (character) 270, 272, 337 Kitchener (Kit) (character) 42–43 Klopfer, Donald 413 Kneeland, Miss (character) 323 “Knight’s Gambit” 147 Knight’s Gambit 14, 147–153 characters in 148–153 critical commentary on 147–148 synopsis of 147 Knoft, Alfred A 413 Kohl, Barton (character) 171, 178 Kohl, Linda Snopes See Snopes, Linda Kyerling, R (character) 43 L Labove (1) (character) 125 Labove (2) (character) 118, 125 Lafayette County, Mississippi 414 Lafe (character) 53 Lallemont (character) 86 Lamar, Ruby (character) 245–247, 252 Landry, Sergeant (character) 86 Lapin (character) 86 Laura, Miss (character) 299 Lawington, Miss (character) 53 Laws, Frederick 30–31 Leblanc (character) 214 Ledbetter, Mrs (Miz) (character) 179, 323 Legate, Bob (character) 226 Legate, Will (character) 109, 143, 217 Lessep, Alexander (character) 226 Lessep, Alison See Priest, Alison Lessep Lessep, Grandfather (character) 226 Lester, Miss Judy (character) 201 Levine, Gerald David (character) 86–87 Levitt, Matt (character) 323 Lewis, Matt 137 Library of America 414 Liddy (character) 269 Light in August 11, 153–168, 379, 407 characters in 159–167 critical commentary on 154–156 Index 553 critical reception of 156 locations in 419, 439, 452 race in 431 reviews of 156–159 synopsis of 153–154 Lilley (character) 143 Linscomb, Colonel (character) 219–220, 226 “Lion” 98, 100, 168–169 Lissy (Melisandre) (character) 242 Littlejohn (character) 53, 143–144, 179 Littlejohn, Mrs (Miz) (character) in The Hamlet 120, 125 in “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” 170 in “Spotted Horses” 303, 304 in The Town 323 Littlejohn’s Hotel (fictional place) 132 Liveright, Horace 9, 368– 369, 414–415 “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” 169–170 Lizzie (character) 58 Long, Hot Summer, The 122, 415 Long, Judge (character) 179, 323 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 79 Loos, Anita 415 Loosh See Strother, Loosh Lorraine (character) 286, 289, 299 Lorraine, Miss (character) 252 Los Angeles 114 Lost Generation 93 Louisa (character) 354 Louisa, Aunt (character) 309–310 Louisa, Cousin (character) 310 Louvinia See Strother, Louvinia Lovelady, Mr (character) 308 Lovemaiden, Butch (character) 219–220, 226–227 “Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, The” (Eliot) 73–74, 195, 212 Lowe, (Cadet) Julian (character) 274, 277 Lucille (character) 336 Lucius See Strother, Loosh Lucy, Autherine 433–434, 435 Ludendorff, General (Erich) (character) 357 Ludus (character), in The Mansion 179 Ludus (character), in The Reivers 227 Lufbery (character) 277 Luis (character) 67 Luke (character) 252 Luluque (character) 87 Luster (character) in Absalom, Absalom! 34–35 in The Sound and the Fury 281–283, 286, 288–290, 299, 534 Luster (character), in The Reivers 227 Lytle, Horace (character) 227 M Mac (character), in Pylon 214 Mac (character), in The Sound and the Fury 299 McAndrews (character) 109 Macbeth (Shakespeare) 291 MacCallum x, 416 McCallum x MacCallum (character) 53 MacCallum (family of characters) 255–256 McCallum, Anse (old) (character) 125, 306, 323 McCallum, Anse (young) (character) 306 McCallum, Buddy (Virginius MacCallum, Jr.; Buddy MacCallum) (character) in Intruder in the Dust 144 in Sartoris 261 in “The Tall Men” 306 in The Town 323 MacCallum, Henry (character) 261 MacCallum, Jackson (character) 261 MacCallum, Lee (character) 261–262 McCallum, Lee (character) 306 McCallum, Lucius (character) 307 McCallum, Old Man Hundred-and-One (character) 125 McCallum, Rafe (Rafe McCalum;Raphael Semmes MacCallum) (character) in As I Lay Dying 53–54 in Knight’s Gambit 150 in The Mansion 179 in Sartoris 262 in “The Tall Men” 307 McCallum, Stuart (Stuart MacCallum) (character) 262, 307 McCallum, Virginius, Jr See McCallum, Buddy McCallum, Virginius, Sr (character) 262 McCannon, Shrevlin See Shreve McCaron, Hoake (character) 179 McCarron (character) 125, 323 McCarron, Alison Hoake (character) 125 McCarron, Hoake (character) 118, 125–126 McCaslin (family of character) 238 McCaslin, Amodeus (Uncle Buddy) (character) 63, 99–100, 345, 444 McCaslin, Cousin (character) 227 McCaslin, Delphine (character) 227 McCaslin, Eunice (character) 109 McCaslin, Isaac (Cousin Ike, Uncle Ike) (character) in “Delta Autumn 72 in Go Down, Moses 61, 72–73, 98–101, 109–110 in The Hamlet 125–126 in “Lion” 168 in The Mansion 179–180 in “Race at Morning” 217 in The Reivers 227 McCaslin, Lancaster (character) 227 McCaslin, Lucius Quintus Carothers (character) in Go Down, Moses 61, 72–73, 110 in The Reivers 227 McCaslin, Ned William (character) 219–220, 227–228 McCaslin, Theophilus (Filus, Uncle Buck) (character) in Absalom, Absalom! 35 basis for 444 in Big Woods 63 in Go Down, Moses 98–100, 110 in The Hamlet 126 in The Reivers 228 in The Unvanquished 345 in “Vendée” 349 McCaslin, Thucydus Roskus (character) 110 McCaslin, Uncle Ike (character) 62, 323–324 McClure, John 190 McCord (Mac) (character) 351–352, 354 McCudden, James (character) 87 McDiarmid, Mr (character) 228 McEachern, Joe See Christmas, Joe McEachern, Mrs (character) 154, 165 McEachern, Simon (character) 154, 165–166 McGee, Willie 432 McGinnis, Darrel (Mac) (character) 334–335 McGowan, Skeets (character) in As I Lay Dying 45, 54 in Intruder in the Dust 144 in The Mansion 179–180 in The Town 324 McKellogg, Colonel (character) 337 McKellogg, Mrs (character) 337 MacKenzie, Shrevlin (Shreve) (character) 283–285, 299–300 McLean, Alabama Leroy Falkner 416 McLendon, Captain (Jackson; Mack) (character) in “Dry September” 74, 75 in Light in August 166 in The Mansion 180 in The Town 324 McWilliams (character) 150 554 Critical Companion to William Faulkner McWillie (character) 228 MacWyrglinchbeath (character) 313 Madden, Rufus (character) 277 Maggie See Mallison, Margaret Stevens Maggie (character), in “Sepulture South” 269 Magnolia Rifles 3, 416 Mahon, Donald (character) 273–275, 277–278 Mahon, Margaret Powers See Powers, Mrs Margaret Mahon, Rector (Uncle Joe) (character) 274–275, 278 Mallison, Charles, Jr (Chick) (character) in “By the People” 65 in “Hog Pawn” 134 in Intruder in the Dust 138, 144 in Knight’s Gambit 147, 150 in The Mansion 171, 180 in The Town 316, 324 Mallison, Charles, Sr (character) 144, 180, 324 Mallison, Margaret Stevens (Maggie) (character) in Intruder in the Dust 144 in Knight’s Gambit 150 in The Mansion 180 in Requiem for a Nun 237 in The Town 314, 324 Mandy (character), in Sartoris 262 Mandy (character), in “That Will Be Fine” 310 Mannie (character) 99, 110, 206–207 Mannigoe, Nancy (character) 232–234, 237–238 See also Nancy Mannock, Edward (character) 87 Mansion, The 17, 171–190, 442–443, 448 “By the People” and 65 characters in 174–189 critical commentary on 172–173 locations in 427, 428, 436 reviews of 173–174 synopsis of 171–172 Manuel Street (fictional place) 416 Marble Faun, The 8, 190, 395 Marchand (character) 214 Marders, Sarah (Mrs Marders) (character) 262 Marionettes, The 190–191 Markey, Robert (character) 150 Marsh, Uncle (character) 337 marshal, the (character) 81, 87 Marshall, Howard 293 Martel, General (character) 87 Martha (character) 354 Martin, Dal (character) in “The Big Shot” 62, 63, 448 in “Dull Tale” 75, 76 Martin, Gertrude 140 Martin, Miss Laverne (character) 75, 76 See also Wrennie, Miss Marya (character) 87 Mason (character) 238 Massy, Linton R 416 Masters, R E L 173 Match, Richard 235 Matthew (character) 150 Matthews, John T 169 Maurier (character) 199 Maurier, Harrison (character) 278 Maurier, Patricia (character) 195–196, 199 Maury, Uncle See Bascomb, Maury L Maxey (character) 116, 166 Maycox, Judge (character) 144 Mayday 191 Maydew (character) 110 Mayes, Will (character) 74, 75 Meadowfill, Essie (character) 133–134, 183 Meadowfill, Mrs (character) 134, 180 Meadowfill, Otis (character) 133–134, 180–181 Meeks, Doc (character) 181 Melisandre See Lissy Melisandre, Cousin See Backus, Melisandre melodrama 25 Memphis 416–417 Memphis Commercial Appeal 417 Meredith, James 450 Meriwether, James B 171, 417 Merridew, Mrs (character) 339 Merridew, Velma (character) 210, 211 Metcalf (character) 166 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 11, 14, 392, 418 Middleton, Captain (character) 87 Midgleston, Martha (character) 65 Midgleston, Wilfred (character) 64, 65 Midnight, Arkansas (fictional place) 418 Mike (character) 300 Millard, Grandfather (character) 203 Millard, Miss Rosa (Granny; Mrs Rosa Millard) (character) in “Ambuscade” 42 basis for 386, 456 in “My Grandmother Millard” 202–203 in “Raid” 217 in “Retreat” 241 in “Shall Not Perish” 270 in “The Unvanquished” 339–340 in The Unvanquished 341, 345–346 in “Vendée” 349–350 Miller (character) 201 Miller, Brother (character) 339 Miller, Mrs (character) 278 Millgate, Michael 418 on Absalom, Absalom! 24 on The Hamlet 121 on Knight’s Gambit 148 on Light in August 155 on Sartoris 256, 257 on The Wild Palms 352 Mink (character) 286, 300 Minnie (character) 181, 228, 247, 252 Minnie Maude (character) 70 Minter, David 205 miscegenation 430 in Absalom, Absalom! 23 in “Delta Autumn” 72 in “Evangeline” 78 in Go Down, Moses 100–101 “Mississippi” 63, 191–192 Mississippian, The 8, 361, 418 Mississippi Delta 418–419 Mississippi Poems 192 Miss Wrennie See Wrennie, Miss “Miss Zilphia Gant” 192– 193 “Mistral” 193 Mitch (character) 262 Mitchell (character), in Knight’s Gambit 150 Mitchell (character), in Sanctuary 252 Mitchell, Belle See Benbow, Belle Mitchell Mitchell, Harry (character) 262 Mitchell, Hugh (character) 126 Mitchell, Little Belle (character) 250, 259, 262 Mitchell, Mrs (character) 278 Mitchell, Unc Few (character) 346 Mitchell, Walter (character) 336 modernism 419 The Hamlet and 121 Joyce in 410 in Pylon 213 in The Sound and the Fury 290 modern novel 173 Mohataha (character) 181, 238 Moketubbe (character) 110–111, 217–218, 373 Mollie See Beauchamp, Molly Molt County (fictional place) 419 Monaghan, Captain (Buck) (character) 87, 262 money 113–114 “Monk” 147, 149, 151, 427 Monk (character) 214 Monson, Mr (character) 211 Monson, Mrs (character) 211 Monson, Myrtle (character) 210, 211 Montgomery, Jake (character) 139, 144 Mooney (character) 166 “Moonlight” 194–195 Index 555 Moore, Brother (character) 263 Morache (character) 87 Morrison (character) 73, 74 Mosby, Uncle Hogeye (character) 144 Moseley (character) 54 Mosquitoes 9, 195–200 “Al Jackson” and 41 characters in 197–200 critical commentary on 196–197 critical reception of 197 “Don Giovanni” and 73 influences on 410–411 locations in 421 reviews of 361 synopsis of 195–196 Mother, in “Shall Not Perish.” See Grier, Mrs Mother, in “That Evening Sun.” See Compson, (Mrs.) Caroline Bascomb Mottstown (Mottson) (fictional place) 419 Mount Vernon (fictional place) 56, 419 “Mr Acarius” 200–201 Mulberry (character) 238 “Mule in the Yard” 201–202 Mulhaud, Madame (character) 87 Mullen, Dale 343 Mullen, Phillip E 426 Murrel, John (character) 238 Myers, Al (character) 214 “My Grandmother Millard ” 202–203 Myrtle (character), in Sartoris 263 Myrtle (character), in The Sound and the Fury 300 Myrtle, Miss (character) 252 mystery 137, 192, 273 N Nagano 90–91 Nancy (character) 307, 309 See also Mannigoe, Nancy narration See also interior monologue in Absalom, Absalom! 26–27 in “All the Dead Pilots” 42 in As I Lay Dying 46–47, 49 in The Sound and the Fury 280, 290 in The Town 315 Natalie (character) 300 Nate (character) 150 National Book Award 69 nature in “The Bear” 60, 444 in Big Woods 63–64 in “Delta Autumn” 72 in Go Down, Moses 101 in Light in August 155 in “Lion” 168–169 in “The Old People” 205 in “Race at Morning” 216 Negress, the (character) 35 Negro, the (character) 218 Nelson, Callie (Aunt Callie; ole Cal’line) (character) 278, 366 Nelson, Loosh (character) 278 New Albany, Mississippi 420 Newberry, Colonel (character) 346 New Criticism 369 New Hope (fictional place) 56 New Hope Church (fictional place) 420 New Orleans, Louisiana 8, 196, 212, 420–421, 443 New Orleans Sketches 203–204 New Orleans Times-Picayune 8, 421 Nightingale, Mr (character) 181 Nightingale, Tug (character) 181 Nine-Mile Branch (fictional stream) 421 Nobel Prize in literature 14–15, 82, 421–422, 437, 537 Nordell, Roderick 220 Notes on a Horsethief 204 Nunnery, Cedric (character) 324 Nunnery, Mrs (character) 324 “Nympholepsy” 204–205 O Ober, Harold 137, 423 O’Brien, Kate 103 Octoroon Mistress, the (character) 23, 35 “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (Keats) 60–61, 190 Odlethrop, Mrs (character) 151 Odlethrop, Stonewall Jackson (Monk) (character) 147, 151 O’Donnell, George Marion 26–27, 158–159 “Odor of Verbena, An” 341, 342, 343–349, 346 Odum, Cliff (character) 126 O’Faolian, Sean 49–50 O Henry Memorial Award 57 Okatoba County (fictional place) 423 Okatoba Hunting and Fishing Club 423 Old Anse See Holland, Anselm, Sr Old Ben (character) 59–60, 168 Old Colonel See Falkner, William Clark Old Frenchman(‘s) Place (fictional place) 117–118, 120, 423–424 old general, the (character) 81, 87 Oldham, Dorothy (Dot) 424 Oldham, Estelle See Faulkner, Estelle Oldham Oldham, Lemuel Earl 7, 424 Oldham, Lida Allen 424 “Old Man” 353–355, 427 old marshal, the (character) 81, 87 “Old People, The” 98, 100, 205–206, 373 See also Go Down, Moses Ole Miss See University of Mississippi Oliver (character) 41 Omlie, Vernon C 394, 424–425 “Once Aboard the Lugger” (I and II) 206 oral tradition 94 See also tall tale Ord, Matt (character) 212, 214 Ord, Mrs (character) 214 Oscar (character) 111 Osgood, Captain (character) 87 Otis (character) 219, 228 Ott, Jimmy (character) 214 Oxford, Mississippi 4–5, 6, 10, 409, 425–426, 430–431 Oxford Eagle 426 P Painter (character) 137 “Pantaloon in Black” 98, 99–100, 206–207 See also Go Down, Moses Paoli (character) 151 Pap (character), in “A Fool About a Horse” 94, 95 Pap (character), in Sanctuary 245, 252 Paralee (character) 144 Parchman 427 parent figures in “Adolescence” 39–40 in “Barn Burning” 57 Falkner (Murry) and 386 in “Miss Zilphia Gant” 192 in “The Old People” 205 in Pylon 212 Parini, Jay 218 Paris 210 Paris Review 427 Parsham, Tennessee (fictional place) 427 Parsons, Maurice (character) 324 Parsons, Sally Hampton (character) 324 Pascagoula, Mississippi 9, 427–428 passivity 101 Pate, Lucy See Houston, Lucy Pate Patterson (character) 300 Patterson, Mrs (character) 281, 300 Patterson boy, the (character) 300 Patton, Nelse 430 Paul (character) 88 Paul, David 235 Peabody, Doctor Lucius Quintus (character) in As I Lay Dying 45, 54 in The Hamlet 126 in The Reivers 228 in Requiem for a Nun 238 556 Critical Companion to William Faulkner Peabody, Doctor Lucius Quintus (continued) in Sartoris 263 in The Sound and the Fury 300 in The Town 324–325 Peabody, Lucius (character) 263 peace 80–81 Pearson, Mr (character) 306, 307 Peebles, E E (character) 166 Pemberton, John C 428 Pete (character), in “Once Aboard the Lugger” 206 Pete (character), in Requiem for a Nun 233, 238 Pete (character), in The Wild Palms 354 “Peter” 207–208 Peter (character), in “Peter” 208 Peter (Pete) (character), in “Two-Dollar Wife” 336 Peter’s mother (character) 208 Pettibone (character) 35 Pettigrew, Thomas Jefferson (character) 238 Peyton, George (character) 229 Philadelphia See Strother, Philadelphia Philip (character) 76–77 Phoebe (Fibby) (character) 111 Pickett, George C 428 Picklock (character) 88 Pilkington, John 350 Piotr See Bouc, Pierre Pittman, Barbara L 63–64 Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee 428 Plimpton, George 220, 427 Ploeckner (character) 263 Plomer, William 30 Poe, Edgar Allan 243 poetry 115–116, 190, 192, 245, 357, 411 “Point of Law, A” 97–98, 208–209 Polchek (character) 88 Poleymus (character) 229 Polk, Noel 290, 353, 378, 428 Pomp (character) 166 Pontotoc, Mississippi 428 Pool (character) 357 Popeye (character) basis for 417 in “The Big Shot” 62, 63 in Sanctuary 233, 245– 247, 252–253 Portable Faulkner, The 14, 209, 376 “Portrait of Elmer, A” 209– 211 Pose (character) 151 postmodernism 428–429 Powell, John (character) 229 Powers, Mrs Margaret (character) 274–275, 278 Powers, Richard (Dick) (character) 278 Prall, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Prall Anderson) 8, 363– 364, 429 Price (character) 278 pride 172 Priest, Alexander (character) 229 Priest, Alison Lessep (character) 229 Priest, Lessep (character) 229 Priest, Lucius (Boss Priest; Grandfather) 219–220, 229 Priest, Lucius (Loosh) 219– 220, 229 Priest, Maury, Jr (character) 230 Priest, Maury, Sr (character) 230 Priest, Sarah Edmonds (character) 230 “Priest, The” 211 Prim, Jason (character) 98 Pritchel, Wesley (character) 151 “Private World of William Faulkner, The “ (Coughlan) 375–376 Provine, Lucius (character) 61, 62 See also Hogganbeck, Lucius Priest Provine, Mrs (character) 62 Provine, Wilbur (character) 325 Pruitt (character) 310, 311 Pruitt, Mrs (character) 151 Pruitt, Rufus (character) 151 Pylon 12, 211–216 characters in 213–215 critical commentary on 212–213 flying in 394 locations in 421 synopsis of 212 Q Quick, Ben (Uncle Ben) (character) 151 Quick, Isham (character) 151 Quick, Lon (fils; little Lon) (character) 54 Quick, Lon (père; big Lon) (character) 54, 126, 304 Quick, Mrs See Solon Quick’s wife Quick, Solon (character) 181, 270, 271, 272 Quick, Theron (character) 181 Quick, Uncle Ben (character) 126 Quinn, Doctor (character) 253 Quistenbery, Dink (character) 325 R Raby (character) 78, 79 race 6, 406 in Absalom, Absalom! 23, 24 Big Woods and 64 in “Delta Autumn” 72 in “Dry September” 74 in “Evangeline” 78 Faulkner and 16, 417, 430–434, 435 in Flags in the Dust 93 in Go Down, Moses 72– 73, 97, 99–101, 102 in “Go Down, Moses” 97 in “Gold Is Not Always” 114 in Intruder in the Dust 137, 139–140 in Lafayette County 414 in Light in August 153, 154, 155 in “Mississippi” 191 in “The Old People” 205 in “Pantaloon in Black” 207 in “Sepulture South” 268 Till (Emmett) and 446–447 at University of Mississippi 450 “Race at Morning” 216–217 Rachel (character) 263 Rachel, Aunt (character) 307, 309 “Raid” 217, 341, 343–348 Rainey, Paul 434 Rainey, Paul (character) 230 Randolph, Lewis (character) 241–242 Random House 12, 13, 14 Cerf at 372–373 Erskine at 380 Haas at 401, 434–435 Klopfer at 413 Smith (Harrison) at 441 Smith & Haas and 442 rape 74, 75, 248 Ratcliffe (character) 238 Ratcliffe, Nelly (character) 181 Ratliff, V K (Vladimir Kyrilytch) (character) See also Suratt in “A Bear Hunt” 61, 62 in “By the People” 65–66 in The Hamlet 118–120, 126–127 in The Mansion 171– 172, 181–182 name of x in The Town 315, 316, 325 Raymond, Harold 373 Reba, Miss See Rivers, Reba Red (Alabama Red) (character) in Requiem for a Nun 239 in Sanctuary 233, 247, 253 Red Acres 416 Redlaw (character) 263, 446 “Red Leaves” 217–218, 373 Redmond (character) 239 Redmond, Ben (character) 342, 346, 446 Reed, Susan (character) 116 See also Susan Reed, W M 435 Reeves (character) 335 Reeves, Don (character) 62 refuge 353 Reichman (character) 199 Reivers, The 6, 17, 218–232 characters in 222–231 critical commentary on 220–221 influences on 6, 395 Index 557 locations in 372, 374, 398, 402–403, 407, 408, 417, 419, 427 reviews of 221–222 synopsis of 219–220 religion 154, 211 religious imagery 205 religious symbolism 25, 81–82 Renfrow (character) 325 Reno (character) 263 Reporter, The 433–434, 435 reporter, the (character) 212, 214–215 Requiem for a Nun 232–241, 448 adaptations of 234, 395 Big Woods and 63 characters in 235–240 critical commentary on 234 locations in 375, 409, 423–424 reviews of 234–235 synopsis of 232–234 Res (character) 263 “Retreat” 241, 341, 343–348 “Return, A” 241–242 Revinsky, John 417 Rhodes, Miss (character) 230 Rhys Davids, Arthur (character) 88 Rhys Davies See Rhys Davids, Arthur Richard (Dick) (character) 263 Richardson, Dr (character) 354 Richthofen (character) 88, 263 Riddell (character) 325 Rideout (character) 127 Rideout, Aaron (character) 127 Rideout, Dr (character) 111 Rider (character) 99–100, 111, 206–207, 363 Ridgely, Joseph V 204 Ringo See Strother, Ringo Ripley, Mississippi 435 Ripley Railroad Company See Gulf & Ship Island Railroad “Riposte in Tertio” 341, 344–349 See also “Unvanquished, The” Rittenmeyer, Ann (character) 354 Rittenmeyer, Charlotte (older) (character) 351– 352, 354, 365 Rittenmeyer, Charlotte (younger) (character) 355 Rittenmeyer, Francis (Rat) (character) 351, 355 Rivers, Lee (character) 278 Rivers, Reba (Miss Reba) (character) in The Mansion 182 in The Reivers 219, 230 in Sanctuary 246–247, 253 Robbins, Frances Lamont 291–292 Robert, Uncle (character) 339 Roberts, Mary-Carter 29 Robinson (character) 313 Robinson, Ted 47–48 Robyn, Henry (character) 199 Robyn, Patricia (character) 195–196, 199, 365 Robyn, Theodore (Gus; Josh) (character) 195–196, 199 Rockey, Howard 292 Rockyford 436 Rodney, Uncle (character), in “Sepulture South” 269 Rodney, Uncle (character), in “That Will Be Fine” 309–310, 311 Roebuck, John Wesley (character) 325 Rogers, Deacon (character) 263 romance 73, 191 Roscius (Roskus) (character) 111 “Rose for Emily, A” 242–244 “Rose of Lebanon” 245, 406 Rosie (character) 311 Roskus See Gibson, Roskus Rouncewell (character) 111, 182, 230 Rouncewell, Mrs (character) in Knight’s Gambit 151 in The Mansion 182 in The Reivers 230 in The Town 325 Rouncewell, Whit (character) 325 Round Table 363 Rowan Oak 10–11, 11, 57, 366, 426, 436, 436, 441 Roxanne, Aunt (character) 203 Roy (character) 199 Royal Air Force (RAF) 7, 381, 393, 437 Rueckert, William H 60, 207, 353 runner, the (character) 82, 88 Russell (character) 166 Russell, Ab (character) 287, 300 Russell, Bertrand 421, 437 Russell, Lee M 437–438 S Saddie (character) 312 Sales, Mac (character) 215 Salmagundi 245 Salmon (character) 166 salted-mine trick 114 Sam (character) 127 Samson (character), in As I Lay Dying 54 Samson (character), in The Town 325 Samson, Rachel (character) 54 Samson’s Bridge (fictional place) 56, 439 Sanctuary 10–11, 232, 235, 245–255 characters in 249–254 critical commentary on 247–248 film adaptations of 248–249 influences on introduction to 535–536 locations in 416, 417, 423 publication of 372 reviews of 249, 426 synopsis of 245–247 Sander, Aleck (character) 138, 144–145, 325 Sander, Big Top (character) 326 Sander, Guster (character) 326 Sander, Little Top (character) 326 Sarah (character) 311 Sardis Lake 439 Sartoris 9, 255–268, 401, 415, 455 characters in 258–268, 445, 446 critical commentary on 256–257 critical reception of 257 Flags in the Dust and 91–92, 93–94 reviews of 257–258 synopsis of 255–256 Sartoris (family of characters) 92–93, 239 Sartoris (fictional place) 439 Sartoris, (Colonel) Bayard (old) (character) in “Ambuscade” 43 basis for 382 in Flags in the Dust 92–93 in Go Down, Moses 98, 111 in The Hamlet 127 in The Mansion 182 in “My Grandmother Millard” 202–203 in “Raid” 217 in The Reivers 230 in Requiem for a Nun 239 in “Retreat” 241 in “A Rose for Emily” 244 in Sartoris 255–256, 264 in “Skirmish at Sartoris” 272 in “There Was a Queen” 312 in The Town 326 in “The Unvanquished” 339–340 in The Unvanquished 341–342, 346 in “Vendée” 349–350 Sartoris, Bayard (infant) (character) 263 Sartoris, Bayard (young) (character) in Flags in the Dust 92–93 in The Mansion 182 in Sartoris 255–256, 264 in “There Was a Queen” 312 in The Town 326 Sartoris, Bayard (character) 263–264, 346 Sartoris, Benbow (Bory) (character) in Flags in the Dust 93 in The Mansion 175 in Sanctuary 245–247, 253 in Sartoris 264 in “There Was a Queen” 311, 312 in The Town 326 558 Critical Companion to William Faulkner Sartoris, Caroline White (character) 264 Sartoris, Colonel John (character) 346–347 in Absalom, Absalom! 35 basis for 3, 386 in Flags in the Dust 92 in The Hamlet 127 in The Mansion 182 in “My Grandmother Millard” 203 in Requiem for a Nun 239 in “Retreat” 241 in Sartoris 264–265 in “Shall Not Perish” 270–271 in “Skirmish at Sartoris” 272 in The Sound and the Fury 300 in “There Was a Queen” 312 in The Town 326 in The Unvanquished 341–342 in “Vendée” 349 Sartoris, Drusilla Hawk (character) in “Raid” 217 in “Skirmish at Sartoris” 272 in The Unvanquished 341–342, 347 Sartoris, John (character) 265, 312 Sartoris, John (Johnny) (character) in “All the Dead Pilots” 42, 43 in Flags in the Dust 92 in The Mansion 182 in Sartoris 255–256, 265 in “There Was a Queen” 312 in “With Caution and Dispatch” 356, 357 Sartoris, Lucy Cranston (character) 265 Sartoris, Narcissa Benbow (character) in Flags in the Dust 92–93 in The Mansion 183 in Sanctuary 245–247, 253 in Sartoris 255–256, 265–266 in “There Was a Queen” 311, 312 in The Town 326 Sartoris, (Mrs.) Virginia See Du Pre, Mrs Virginia Sartoris Station (fictional place) 333, 439 Sartre, Jean-Paul 447 Sarty See Snopes, Colonel Sartoris Saturday Evening Post 13, 439–440 Saunders, Cecily (Cecily Saunders Farr) (character) 273–275, 278–279 Saunders, Minnie (character) 279 Saunders, Robert, Jr (Bob) (character) 279 Saunders, Robert, Sr (character) 279 scapegoat 75 Schluss (character) 279 Schofield, Dr (character) 307 Schultz, Reverend (character) 339 Schultz, Sister (character) 339 Scribner’s Magazine 440 Secretary (character) 338, 339 seduction 192 segregation 64, 101, 433–434 Seminary Hill (fictional place) 333, 440 Semiramis 314 Semmes, Mr (character) 111 “Sepulture South: Gaslight” 268–269 Sewanee Review 440 sexuality in “Centaur in Brass” 68 in “Don Giovanni” 73–74 in “Dry September” 74 in Go Down, Moses 100–101 in The Hamlet 118–119 in “A Justice” 146 in Light in August 153–154 in “Miss Zilphia Gant” 192 in “Nympholepsy” 205 in “A Portrait of Elmer” 210 in “The Priest” 211 in Sanctuary 248 in The Sound and the Fury 284–285 in The Town 314 Shack (character) 253 Shakespeare, William 291 “Shall Not Perish” 269–271 Shegog, Judith 436, 441 Shegog, Reverend (character) 289, 300 Sherman, William Tecumseh 440 Sherwood, Robert 249 Shiloh, battle of 440–441 “Shingles for the Lord” 13, 271–272 Ship Island, Ripley & Kentucky Railroad 441 Shipman, Evan 159 Short, Herman (character) 95, 127 Shreve (Shrevlin McCannon) (character) 22, 23–24, 35, 78 Shreve (Shrevlin MacKenzie) See MacKenzie, Shrevlin Shumann, Dr Carl (character) 212, 215 Shumann, Jack (character) 212, 215 Shumann, Laverne (character) 212, 215 Shumann, Roger (character) 212, 215 Sibbey See Beauchamp, Sophonsiba (Sibbey) Sibleigh (character) 88, 266, 357 Sickymo (character) 111 Sienkiewicz, Henryk 91 Simmons (character) 287, 300 Simms (character) 166 Simon (character), in “Race at Morning” 217 Simon (character), in “There Was a Queen” 312 See also Strother, Simon Skeet (character) 194 Skei, Hans H 334 Skipworth (character) 145 “Skirmish at Sartoris” 272, 342, 343–347 slavery 404 in Go Down, Moses 99–101 in “Go Down, Moses” 97 in “Red Leaves” 217– 218 Smith, Andrew J 441 Smith, Essie Meadowfill See Meadowfill, Essie Smith, Harrison (Hal) 317, 441 Smith, Lieutenant (character) 88 Smith, McKinley (character) 134, 183 Smith, Miss (character) 151 Smith, Mrs (character) 266 Smith, R Boyce (Ronnie) (character) 335 Smith & Haas 401, 441, 442 “Smoke” 147, 148, 150 Snopes (character) in As I Lay Dying 54–55 in “Hog Pawn.” See Snopes, Orestes in “The Hound” 136 in “Shingles for the Lord” 272 in The Town 326 Snopes (family of characters) 173–174, 266, 442 Snopes, Ab(ner) (character) in “Barn Burning” 57, 58–59 in The Hamlet 117–118, 127–128 in The Mansion 183 in “My Grandmother Millard” 202–203 in The Town 326–327 in “The Unvanquished” 339–340 in The Unvanquished 341, 347 Snopes, Admiral Dewey (Ad) (character) 183, 304, 327 Snopes, Bilbo (character) 183, 327 Snopes, Byron (character) in Flags in the Dust 92–93 in The Mansion 183 in Sartoris 266 in The Town 327 Snopes, Clarence Eggleston (character) in “By the People” 65–66 in The Mansion 183–184 in Sanctuary 246–247, 254 in The Town 327 Snopes, Colonel Sartoris (Sarty) (character) 57, 59 Snopes, Doris (character) 184, 327 Index 559 Snopes, Eckrum (Eck) (character) in The Hamlet 120, 128 in The Mansion 184 in “Spotted Horses” 304–305 in The Town 328 Snopes, Eula Varner (character) in The Hamlet 118–119, 131 in The Mansion 184 in “Spotted Horses” 303, 305 in The Town 314–315, 328 Snopes, Flem (character) in As I Lay Dying 55 basis for 386–387 in “Centaur in Brass” 67, 68 declining South and 404 in The Hamlet 117–120, 128–129 in “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” 169, 170 in The Mansion 171– 172, 184 in The Reivers 230–231 in Sartoris 266 in “Spotted Horses” 303, 305 in The Town 314–315, 328–329 Snopes, I O (character) in The Hamlet 119, 129 in The Mansion 184–185 in “Mule in the Yard” 201, 202 in The Sound and the Fury 300–301 in “Spotted Horses” 305 in The Town 329 Snopes, Isaac (Ike) (character) 117, 119, 129 Snopes, Launcelot (Lump) (character) 119, 129, 185 Snopes, Lennie (character) 59 Snopes, Linda (Linda Snopes Kohl) (character) in The Hamlet 119, 129 in The Mansion 171– 172, 178–179 in The Town 314–315, 329 Snopes, Mink (M C.) in The Hamlet 117, 119– 120, 129–130, 135 in The Mansion 171– 172, 185, 448 in The Town 329 Snopes, Montgomery Ward (character) in Flags in the Dust 92 in The Mansion 171, 185, 442 in Sartoris 266 in The Town 314, 329–330 Snopes, Mrs Ab (character) 130 Snopes, Mrs Eck (character) 330 Snopes, Mrs Flem See Snopes, Eula Varner Snopes, Mrs Mink (Yettie) (character) 119–120, 130, 186–187 Snopes, Net (character) 59 Snopes, Orestes (Res) (character) 133–135, 185–186 Snopes, Saint Elmo (character) 130 Snopes, Vardaman (character) 186, 330 Snopes, Virgil (character) 186, 254, 330 Snopes, Vynie (character) 130 Snopes, Wallstreet Panic (Wall) (character) 130, 186, 330 Snopes, Wat (Watkins Products) (character) 186 Snopes, Wesley (character) 186 Snopes, Yettie See Snopes, Mrs Mink Snopesism 442 Snopes trilogy 6, 13, 16, 17, 442–443, 445 See also Hamlet, The; Mansion, The; Town, The “Snow” 272–273 social status 62, 75, 350 Sol (character) 266 Soldiers’ Pay 8–9, 273–279, 410–411 solipsism 69–70 Sometimes-Wakeup (character) 146 Sons of Confederate Veterans 4–5, 443 “Sorority, The” 279–280 Sound and the Fury, The 10, 280–302, 427, 447 appendix to 280, 527–534 characters in 9, 293–302 critical commentary on 290–291 history in 404–405 interior monologue in 408, 410 locations in 375, 402, 419 reviews of 291–293, 412 synopsis of 281–290 Sound and the Fury, The (April 7, 1928) (play) 281, 479 South, the in Absalom, Absalom! 25 history and 404–405 in “A Return” 242 in “A Rose for Emily” 243 in Sartoris 256 Southern poor whites, in fiction 47–48 Spilmer (Mr Spilmer) (character) 202, 330 Spintrius See Brownlee, Percival Spoade (character) 187, 285, 301 Spoomer (character) 42, 43 “Spotted Horses” 121, 302–306 Spratling (character) 208 Spratling, William 9, 443 Stacy, Paul H 172–173 Stallings, Lawrence 443 Stamper, Pat (character) in “Fool About a Horse” 94, 95 in The Hamlet 118, 130 in The Mansion 187 Starnes, Mrs (character) 116–117 Starnes, Sophie (character) 117 Starnes, Will (character) 117 statehouse 233 Stefan, Corporal (character) 81–82, 88–89 Stein, Jean 16, 443–444 Steinbauer, Genevieve (Jenny) (character) 195– 196, 199 Steinbauer, Miss (character) 73, 74 Stevens (family of characters) 239 Stevens, Bucky (character) 239–240 Stevens, Captain (character) 152 Stevens, Gavin (Uncle Gavin) (character) basis for 432, 444 in Go Down, Moses 101, 111 in “Go Down, Moses” 96–97 in “Hair” 117 in “Hog Pawn” 134, 135 in Intruder in the Dust 138, 145 in Knight’s Gambit 147, 148, 151–152 in Light in August 166 in The Mansion 171– 172, 187 in Requiem for a Nun 232–234, 240 on Snopeses 442 in The Town 314–315, 316, 330–331 Stevens, Gowan (character) in Requiem for a Nun 232–234, 240 in Sanctuary 232, 245– 246, 254 in The Town 314, 331 Stevens, Judge (character) 231, 244 See also Stevens, Gavin; Stevens, Judge Lemuel Stevens, Judge Lemuel (character) 331 Stevens, Melisandre Backus Harriss See Backus, Melisandre Stevens, Temple Drake See Drake, Temple Stevenson, David L 174 Stillwell, Shuford H 187–188 Stokes, Mr (character) 147 Stone, Mr (character) 331 Stone, Philip Avery 6, 7, 8, 41, 419, 444–445 Stoneback, H R 351 Stonier, G W 293 Stovall, Mr (character) 307, 309 Stowers, Zack (character) 69, 70 Straud, Dr (character) 266 Strauss, Harold 29 560 Critical Companion to William Faulkner stream of consciousness 410, 445 Stribling, Henry (Hawkshaw) (character) 74, 75, 116, 117 Strong, L A G 249, 258 Strother, Caspey (character) 92–93, 266–267 Strother, Euphrony (character) 267 Strother, Joby (character) 267, 347–348 Strother, Loosh (Lucius) (character) See also Lucius in “My Grandmother Millard” 203 in “Raid” 217 in “Retreat” 241 in The Unvanquished 341, 348 Strother, Louvinia (character) 203, 267, 348 Strother, Philadelphia (Philadelphy) (character) in “My Grandmother Millard” 203 in “Raid” 217 in “Retreat” 241 in The Unvanquished 341, 348 Strother, Ringo (Marengo) (character) in “Ambuscade” 42 in “My Grandmother Millard” 203 in “Raid” 217 in “Retreat” 241 in “The Unvanquished” 339–340 in The Unvanquished 341–342, 348 in “Vendée” 349–350 Strother, Simon (character) 92–93, 267, 348 See also Simon Strutterbuck, Captain 188 Strutterbuck, Q’Milla (character) 188 Stuart, James Ewell Brown (Jeb) 369, 445 Suckow, Ruth 197 Sue (character) 267 suffering 234 suicide 283–284, 315 Summers, Jill Faulkner See Faulkner, Jill Summers, Paul D., Jr 16–17, 391, 445 Suratt (V K.) (character) See also Ratliff, V K in As I Lay Dying 55 in “Centaur in Brass” 68 in “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” 169, 170 name of x in Sartoris 267 in “Spotted Horses” 303, 305 Susan (character) 194 See also Reed, Susan Sutpen (family of characters) 12, 240 Sutpen, Clytemnestra (Clytie) (character) 23– 24, 35–36 Sutpen, Colonel (character) 78, 79 Sutpen, Ellen Coldfield (character) 22, 36 Sutpen, Eulalia Bon (character) 36 Sutpen, Henry (character) in Absalom, Absalom! 22–23, 36–37, 448 in “Evangeline” 12, 78, 79 Sutpen, Judith (character) in Absalom, Absalom! 22–24, 37 in “Evangeline” 78, 79–80 Sutpen, Thomas (character) in Absalom, Absalom! 21, 22–23, 37–38 history and 404 in The Reivers 231 in Requiem for a Nun 240 in The Unvanquished 342, 348 in “Wash” 21, 350–351 Sutpen’s Hundred 22–23, 445 Sutterfield, Rev Toby (character) 89 Swinnerton, Frank 293 Sylvester, Harry 69 symbolism in Absalom, Absalom! 25 in A Fable 81–82 in Light in August 155–156 in “There Was a Queen” 310 symbolist movement 191 T T P See Gibson, T P talk 196 Tallahatchie River 446 Talliaferro, Ernest (character) 73, 195–196, 199 “Tall Men, The” 306–307 tall tale See also oral tradition “Al Jackson” as 41 “A Bear Hunt” as 61 “By the People” as 66 A Fable as 82 The Hamlet and 121 “My Grandmother Millard” as 203 “Spotted Horses” as 303 Tate (character) 357 Tebbetts, Terrell L 207 Tennie’s Jim See Beauchamp, James Thucydus Terrel See Beauchamp, Tomey’s Turl Terrel, Bill (character) 152 terror 307 Texas man, the See Buck “That Evening Sun” 9, 307–309, 401 “That Will Be Fine” 309– 311 Thelma (character), in The Mansion 188 Thelma (character), in Mosquitoes 199 Theodule (character) 89 “There Was a Queen” 311–312 Thisbe, Aunt (character) 111 Thomas, Son (character) 231 Thompson, Lawrence 290–291 Thompson, Pappy (character) 166 Thompson, Ralph 343 Thompson, Roz (character) 166 Thorndyke, Mr (character) 331 Thorpe (character) 89 Thorpe, Buck (character) 147, 152 Three Basket (character) 218 “Thrift” 313 Thurmond, Richard J 4, 388, 446 Till, Emmett 433, 446–447 time, Faulkner and 447–448 Tobe (character), in “A Rose for Emily” 244 Tobe (character), in Sartoris 267 Tobe (character), in Soldiers’ Pay 279 ‘Toinette (character) 43 Tom (character), in Go Down Moses 111 Tom (character), in The Town 331 Tomey, Aunt (Tomasina) (character) 112 Tomey’s Turl (Terrel) See Beauchamp, Tomey’s Turl; Turl Tommy (character) 245–246, 254 “Tomorrow” 147, 148, 149, 150, 151 Tom-Tom (character) 67, 68 Tooleyman (Monsieur Tooleyman) (character) 89–90 Town, The 16, 313–333, 442–443 “Centaur in Brass” and 67 characters in 317–333, 442 contemporary critical reviews of 316–317 critical commentary on 315–316 locations in 436, 439, 440, 446 reviews of 412 synopsis of 314–315 Toynbee, Phillip 103 Trilling, Lionel 102 Triplett, Earl (character) 188 Trueblood, Ernest V (character) 40, 41 Trumbull (character) 130, 331–332 truth 24, 60 Tubbs, Euphus (Mr Tubbs) (character) 145, 188, 240 Tubbs, Mrs (Miz) (character) 145, 188, 240 Tucker, Mr (character) 310, 311 Tucker, Mrs (character) 310, 311 Tull (character), in Sanctuary 246, 254 See also Tull, Vernon Tull (character) in “Shingles for the Lord” 272 in “Two Soldiers” 338 Index 561 Tull, Cora (Mrs., Miz, Mrs Vernon) (character) in As I Lay Dying 55 in The Hamlet 130 in The Mansion 188 in “Spotted Horses” 305 in The Town 332 Tull, Eula (character) 55 Tull, Kate (character) 55 Tull, Vernon (character) in As I Lay Dying 55 in The Hamlet 120, 130 in “The Hound” 136 in “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” 169, 170 in The Mansion 188 in “Spotted Horses” 305 in The Town 332 Turl (character) 67, 68 See also Beauchamp, Tomey’s Turl “Turnabout” 333–335, 392, 402 Turpin (character) 188 Turpin, Buck (character) 301 Twain, Mark 218 “Two Dollar Wife” 335–336 “Two Soldiers” 270, 336– 338 U Ulysses (Joyce) 410–411 interior monologue in 408 Pylon influenced by 212 The Sound and the Fury influenced by 290, 291–292 Uncle Wesley (Wes) See Snopes, Wesley “Uncle Willy” 338–339 Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner 339 See also specific titles United Daughters of the Confederacy 449 unity, in The Hamlet 121 University Greys 428, 449 University of Mississippi 7–8, 10, 364, 418, 449–450, 450 University of Texas 450 University of Virginia 16, 91, 91, 403, 450–451 unnamed narrators in “All the Dead Pilots” 42 in “Black Music” 65 in “Evangeline” 78, 80 in “The Old People” 205 in “Peter” 208 in “Race at Morning” 216 in “Sepulture South” 268, 269 in “Shall Not Perish” 271 in “Two Soldiers” 336– 337, 338 unnamed protagonists in “Carcassonne” 64, 66, 67 in “Moonlight” 195 in “Nympholepsy” 205 unnamed seminarian (character) 211 Unvanquished, The 12, 340–349 “Ambuscade” and 43 characters in 343–349, 428, 446 critical commentary on 342–343 critical reception of 343 film adaptation of 418 history in 405–406, 453 influences on 395, 399 locations in 398, 402, 407 reviews of 412 synopsis of 341–342 “Unvanquished, The” 339–340 Urgo, Joseph R 271 V Van (character) 245–246, 254 Vandevender, Grover 388 Van Dorn (Earl Van Dorn) (character) 267 Van Dyming, Carleton (character) 64, 65 Van Dyming, Matilda (Mattie) (character) 65 Van Tosch (character) 231 Van Vuren, Floyd 157 Vardaman, James K 452 Varner, Eula See Snopes, Eula Varner Varner, Jody (character) in As I Lay Dying 55 in “Fool About a Horse” 95 in The Hamlet 118–119, 130–131 in Light in August 166–167 in The Mansion 188–189 in “Spotted Horses” 305 in The Town 332 Varner, Mrs (Miz, Maggie) (character) 131, 189, 332 Varner, Will (Uncle Billy; Uncle Will) (character) in As I Lay Dying 55–56 in “By the People” 65–66 in “Fool About a Horse” 95 in The Hamlet 117–119, 131 in Knight’s Gambit 152 in Light in August 167 in “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” 169, 170 in The Mansion 189 in “Spotted Horses” 303, 305 in The Town 315, 332 Varner’s Store (fictional place) 452 “Vendée” 341–342, 343–348, 349–350 Vera (character) 231 Vernon (character), in “Death Drag” 71 Vernon (character), in The Sound and the Fury 301 Vernon, Mrs See Tull, Cora Vickery, Olga W 452 Vicksburg campaign 452– 453 Viking Press 453 Vines, Deacon (character) 167 Vinson, Mrs (character) 193 Vintage 434–435 violence in “A Justice” 146 in Light in August 154 in “Miss Zilphia Gant” 192 in “Pantaloon in Black” 207 in Sanctuary 248 in “Skirmish at Sartoris” 272 Virgil (character) 231 Vision in Spring 357 Vitelli, Popeye (character) 240 Vladimir Kyrilytch (character) 189 Volpe, Edmond L 121 Voss, Werner (character) 90 Vynie (character) 94, 95 W Wagner, Hal (character) 267 Waldrip, Mrs Vernon (character) 355 Walker, Ed (character) 254 Walker, Elias 385 Walker, Mrs (character) 254 Wall (character) 69, 70 Waller, Hamp (character) 167 Waller, Mrs (character) 167 Walter (1) (character) 200 Walter (2) (character) 200 Walthall, Parson (character) 301 war 82–83 See also Civil War; World War I; World War II Warden, the (character) 355 Wardle, Mrs (character) 279 Warner, Jack 13, 454 Warner Brothers (Warner Bros.) 13, 392, 454 Warren, Captain (character) 70–72, 152 Warren, Robert Penn 454–455 Warwick 455 “Was.” See Go Down, Moses Wash See Jones, Wash “Wash” 12, 21, 350–351 Wasson, Ben 257, 455 Waste Land, The (Eliot) 212, 257 Watkins (character) 201 Wattman, Jakeleg (character) 189 Watts (character), in Sartoris 267 Watts (character), in “Turnabout” 335 Watts, Birdie (character) 231 Watts, Mr (character) 311 Webb, James 455 Weddel, Grenier (character) 332 Wedlow, Mr (character) 269 Weiseman, Eva Kauffman (character) 200 Welty, Eudora 140 Wesley (Wes), Uncle See Snopes, Wesley West, David (character) 195–196, 200 562 Critical Companion to William Faulkner West, Doctor (character) 153 White, Hank (character) 279 White, Hap (character) 336 White, Jed (character) 348 White, Kenneth 48–49 Whiteleaf Bridge (fictional place) 132, 455 Whiteley (character) 313 Whitfield, Rev (character) in As I Lay Dying 56 in The Hamlet 120, 131 in “Shingles for the Lord” 272 Widdows, Margharita 103 Widrington (character) 65 Widrington, Mrs (character) in “Black Music” 65 in “Carcassonne” 66, 67 in The Town 332 wife of Old Man Jackson (character) 42 Wiggins, Mrs (character) 70 Wilbourne, Dr (character) 355 Wilbourne, Henry (Harry) (character) 351–352, 355 Wildermark (character) 332 Wildermark, Mr (senior) (character) 332 wilderness See nature “Wild Palms” 354–355 Wild Palms, The [If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem] 12, 13, 351–356 characters in 353–355 critical commentary on 352–353 locations in 427 synopsis of 351–352 Wilkie (character) 301 Wilkins, George (character) in Go Down, Moses 98, 112 in “Gold Is Not Always” 113–114 in “A Point of Law” 208–209 Wilkins, Mary Holland Falkner 455–456 Wilkins, Mrs (character) 348 Wilkins, Nathalie Beauchamp (character) 98, 112 Wilkins, Professor (character) 348–349 Will (character) 242 Willard (character) 279 William Faulkner: Early Prose and Poetry 357 William Faulkner’s University Pieces 357–358 Williams, Joan 15, 362, 456 Willow, Colonel (character) 38 Wilmoth (character) 96, 112 Wilson, Edmund 139, 147–148 Wilson, Sergeant (character) 90 Winbush, Fonzo (character) 189, 251 Winbush, Grover Cleveland (character) 189, 333 Winbush, Mack (character) 231 Winbush, Mrs (character) 189 Winterbottom (character) 131–132, 167, 306 Winterbottom, Mrs (character) 267 Wiseman, Eva Kauffman (character) 195–196, 200 Wishing Tree, The 358 “With Caution and Dispatch” 356–357 Witt (character) 90 woman, the (character) 351–352, 355 women in “A Dangerous Man” 69 in “Don Giovanni” 73 in “Elly” 77 in “Frankie and Johnny” 95–96 in “Go Down, Moses” 97 in “Mule in the Yard” 201 in “The Priest” 211 in “Raid” 217 in “A Rose for Emily” 243 in Sanctuary 248 in “Skirmish at Sartoris” 272 in “The Unvanquished” 340 in The Wild Palms 353 Wordwin (character) 231 Workitt, Uncle Sudley (character) 139, 145 Workman, Mr (character) 153 World War I in “All the Dead Pilots” 42 in A Fable 80–81 Falkner (Jack) during 384–385 Faulkner during 6–7, 381, 393, 437 in Flags in the Dust 93 in Sartoris 255 in Soldier’s Pay 274 in “Turnabout” 333– 334 in “With Caution and Dispatch” 356 World War II 336–337 Worsham, Belle (character) 96, 112 Worsham, Hamp (character) 112 Worsham, Samuel (character) 112 Worthington, Mrs (character) 279 Wortis, S Bernard 361 Wrennie, Miss (character) 63 See also Martin, Miss Laverne Wright, Doc (character) 301 Wright’s Sanitorium 362, 370 writer, role of 91 writing, Faulkner’s in Absalom, Absalom! 28–31 in As I Lay Dying 49 in Go Down, Moses 103 in The Hamlet 122 in The Sound and the Fury 293 Wutherspoon, Jamie (character) 335 Wyatt (character) 244 Wyatt, Aunt Sally (character) 267 Wyatt, George (character) 342 Wyatt, Henry (character) 112 Wyatt, Miss Sophie (character) 267–268 Wylie, Job (character) 339 Wylie, Uncle Ash (character) 112 Wyott (1) (character) 231 Wyott (2) (character) 231 Wyott, Doctor (character) 333 Wyott, Miss Vaiden (character) 333 Y Yaphank See Gilligan, Joseph Yocona River 457 Yoknapatawpha County (fictional place) 3, 9, 457, 457–458 in Absalom, Absalom! 27–28 in As I Lay Dying 43 basis for 414 in Flags in the Dust 93 Jefferson in 409 in Sartoris 256, 257 Soldier’s Pay and 274 Young, Stark 8, 458 Young Anse See Holland, Anselm, Jr Z Zeitlin, Michael 210 Zsettlani (character) 90 ... RITICAL C OMPANION TO William Faulkner A Literary Reference to His Life and Work A NICHOLAS FARGNOLI MICHAEL GOLAY ROBERT W HAMBLIN Critical Companion to William Faulkner: A Literary Reference to. .. for any reader The primary goal of this volume is to assist students and general readers in their quest to understand, enjoy, and situate in a larger literary and historical context the works and. .. it to the Paris publisher Gaston Gallimard (see GALLIMARD EDITIONS) in 1931 after reading The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay 14 Critical Companion to William Faulkner Dying Gallimard had taken