Spotted Horses (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1931
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Class conflict, South or Southerners, Betrayal, Entrepreneurship or entrepreneurs, Horses, Profit, Auctions
- Locales: Mississippi
As did “The Bear,” Faulkner's “Spotted Horses” evolved over a period of years. As early as 1927 and 1928, he was writing about the Snopeses in a work titled “Father Abraham” (it was never published as such). In Flags in the Dust and Sartoris, Flem and Byron Snopes appear as minor characters. The first-published fuller treatment of Flem was in the short story version of “Spotted Horses” in 1931; originally titled “Aria con Amore,” it had been revised into this version for Scribner's magazine. It was also enlarged into a novella and was included...
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