Bibliography
Brooks, Cleanth. William Faulkner: The Yoknapatawpha County. New
Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1963. This venerable classic of Faulkner
criticism is one of the best introductions, treating Faulkner’s characteristic
themes and historical and social background and offering detailed readings of
the major novels and stories. Includes carefully prepared notes, appendixes,
and a character index.
Kirk, Robert W., and Marvin Klotz. “A Rose for Emily.” In Faulkner’s
People: A Complete Guide and Index to the Characters in the Fiction of William
Faulkner. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1963. Identifies all
the named characters in “A Rose for Emily” and describes the role of each
character in terms of the plot.
Porter, Carolyn. William Faulkner. New York: Oxford University
Press, 2007. A concise and informative biographical work that spans Faulkner’s
entire life but focuses primarily on his most prolific period, from 1929 to
1940. Offers insightful analysis of his major works.
Skei, Hans H. “A Rose for Emily.” In Reading Faulkner’s Best Short
Stories. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. Skei
addresses critical questions about apparent inconsistencies in the narrator’s
voice and the appropriate genre designation for this story.
Towner, Theresa M. The Cambridge Introduction to William Faulkner.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. An accessible resource, aimed at
students and general readers. Provides detailed analyses of Faulkner’s works
and information about the critical reception for his fiction.
Towner, Theresa M., and James Carothers. “A Rose for Emily.” In Reading
Faulkner’s Collected Stories. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi,
1999. Towner and Carothers survey criticism about the story, including
criticism of Miss Emily’s personality. Also explains key phrases used in the
story.
Wagner-Martin, Linda, ed. William Faulkner: Six Decades of Criticism. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2002. A collection of critical essays interpreting Faulkner’s work from perspectives such as language theory, feminism, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis.
Media Adaptations
“A Rose for Emily” was transformed into a film by Chubbuck Cinema Co. The production and direction were handled by Lyndon Chubbuck, while H. Kaye Dyal wrote the screenplay. Anjelica Huston stars as Miss Emily.
Bibliography and Further Reading
Sources
Birk, John F. “Tryst Beyond Time: Faulkner’s Emily and Keats.” In Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 28, No. 2, Spring 1991, pp. 203–13.
Gregory, Horace. Review of The Collected Stories of William Faulkner. In New York Herald Tribune, August 20, 1950, p. 1.
Gwynn, Frederick L., and Joseph Blotner. Faulkner in the University: Class Conferences at the University of Virginia, 1957–1958. University of Virginia Press, 1959, p. 26.
Hays, Peter L. “Who Is Faulkner’s Emily?” In Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring 1988, pp. 105–110.
Levitt, Paul. “An Analogue for Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily.’” In Papers on Language and Literature, Vol. 9, 1973, p. 91.
Littler, Frank A. “The Tangled Thread of Time: Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily.’” In Notes on Mississippi Writers, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1982, p. 80.
Mellard, James M. “Faulkner’s Miss Emily and Blake’s Sick Rose: Invisible Worm, Nachtraglichkeit, and Retrospective Gothic.” In The Faulkner Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall, 1986, pp. 39–41.
Minter, David. William Faulkner: His Life and Work. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980, 1997, pp. 1, 14, 16.
Rodman, Isaac. “Irony and Isolation: Narrative Distance in Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily.’” In The Faulkner Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 3, 7.
Schwab, Milinda. “A Watch for Emily.” In Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 29, No. 2, Spring 1992, p. 216.
Warren, Robert Penn. Introduction to Faulkner: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1966, p. 9.
Further Reading
Allen, Dennis W. “Horror and Perverse Delight: Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily.’” In Modern Fiction Studies, Vol. 30, No. 4, Winter 1984, pp. 685–96. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the story, with a detailed psychological analysis of Emily’s character.
Blotner, Joseph. Faulkner: A Biography. New York: Random House, 1974. This extensive biography, authored by one of Faulkner’s colleagues at the University of Virginia, is widely regarded by critics as the definitive Faulkner biography.
Jacobs, John T. “Ironic Allusions in ‘A Rose for Emily.’” In Notes on Mississippi Writers, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1982, pp. 77–79. Jacobs offers a critical examination of Homer Barron’s role in the narrative.
Wilson, G. R., Jr. “The Chronology of Faulkner’s ‘A Rose for Emily’ Again.” In Notes on Mississippi Writers, Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall, 1972, pp. 43–62. Wilson constructs a seemingly logical timeline for the events in the story.
Winchell, Mark Royden. “For All the Heart’s Endeavor: Romantic Pathology in Browning and Faulkner.” In Notes on Mississippi Writers, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1983, pp. 57–63. Winchell draws comparisons between “A Rose for Emily” and Robert Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover.”
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