William Faulkner, Flags in the Dust

Thomas Dasher (Berry College)

Ed. by Stephen E. Meats, Pittsburg State University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1973

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Composition and Publishing History

The third novel William Faulkner wrote, probably beginning in late 1926 or early 1927, was Flags in the Dust. The novel as it was eventually published, however, on 31 January 1929 (Blotner, 193), was not the work Faulkner had originally written, but was instead a considerably shortened version entitled Sartoris.

In October 1927, Faulkner had submitted Flags to Boni & Liveright, the publisher of his first two novels, only to have it summarily rejected in November (Blotner, 204, 205). While Faulkner was convinced that Flags was a significant step beyond his previous novels, Boni & Liveright’s response was harsh: “&r…

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Citation: Dasher, Thomas. "Flags in the Dust". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 May 2020 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=5110, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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