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1. Which Romantic and modernist poets most influenced Faulkner?
2. How does Faulkner fit in with the writers of the Lost Generation, such as Ernest Hemingway and F Scott Fitzgerald?
3. What are Faulkner’s main contributions to the art and subject matter of the novel?
4. Faulkner called himself a “failed poet.” What does that mean in terms of his use of language in the novels or stories?
5. Discuss five aspects of Faulkner’s novels that identify him as a modernist writer.
6. How did reviews of Faulkner’s novels affect his career?
7. What inspires other writers of fiction to hold Faulkner in high esteem?
8. Summarize Faulkner’s experience writing for motion pictures.
9. If Faulkner was, as he said, never very interested in formal education after the seventh grade, how did he acquire the skills of language and fiction writing that he demonstrates in his novels?
10. In what ways did...

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1. Introduction
2. About William Faulkner
3. Faulkner At Work
4. Faulkner’s Era
5. Faulkner’s Works
6. Faulkner On Faulkner
7. Study Questions
8. The Falkners Of Mississippi: A Supplementary Chronology
9. Bibliography
10. Copyright

1. William Faulkner