He was definitely talented and honed his craft to an extent which had never been reached before, but he exists in a pantheon of great American writers where there is no achievement for being considered the greatest. The honor for great writers is in the fellowship, not the pedestal.
@travis5211
2 жыл бұрын
What a great video. I'll share my Faulkner story here with you all, please. I was paid the compliment by a literature teacher in a Yankee college (that I attended), she said, "you talk like Faulkner writes." I went to the library that week and read my first Faulkner novel. The Mansion. And I couldn't put it down. About halfway through the book I realized that it was not intended to be a compliment. I'm still grateful for her unintentionally kind words, and for introducing me to my life-long favorite author. This was in 2009, by the time I was in HS in the 2000s Faulkner wasn't required reading in my school.
@Cakewalkingbaby
9 ай бұрын
Great story! What a wonderful way to be introduced to Faulkner.😊
@travis5211
2 жыл бұрын
"The victorious life is the life that endures." Thanks for the peaceful wisdom, Dr. Wilson.
@Jacob-pu4zj
2 жыл бұрын
That's a fun porch to sit on with friends, even with a potential fed in the bushes.
@MattWillEast
2 жыл бұрын
Funny and funnier if you’re privy to some inside joke.
@jackbuckley7816
Жыл бұрын
Golly, William Faulkner looked like a writer should look, specifically a southern writer. He had it all---the gentle drawl, the handsome countenance, the wonderful, long-stemmed pipe, the appealing hat, humble demeanor(though not always, perhaps) unflagging reverence for his region, etc. Oh, talent, too. Golly, he could write, including not a few modern masterpieces!
@TerryC69
2 жыл бұрын
Well done video! Dr. Wilson's presentation was so engaging that I was sad the video ended so soon.
@Hyperspeed78
Ай бұрын
👍 Dr.tyrone of Chester PA
@Kjt853
Жыл бұрын
Around 1999 there was a bit of discussion regarding who was the greatest American writer of the 20th century. The two names most frequently mentioned were William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway. Though their lives virtually overlapped (Faulkner 1897-1962, Hemingway 1899-1961), their styles were polar opposites - Hemingway’s sentences short and telegraphic, Faulkner’s oceanic, sometimes going on for pages (and not run-ons!). I’ve found that people who like Hemingway tend not to like Faulkner and people who like Faulkner tend not to like Hemingway. (I know there are probably many who like or dislike both, but I’m speaking from my own experience.) I tend to prefer Faulkner. Hemingway? I’d never deny his greatness, but his prose doesn’t thrill me the way Faulkner’s does.
@cassiopeiathew7406
6 ай бұрын
I don’t say the best American writer because I don’t like the title “The Best”, it’s too dull and in my mind just diminishes the very formidable accomplishments every other writer completed. But William Faulkner is my favorite, I love him and his work dearly.
@samgregg4833
6 ай бұрын
Thank you - very good!
@duongdisney
5 ай бұрын
I have to read 2 William Faulkner's novel books are The Sound & The Fury, Light in August, but The Sound & The Fury is the hardest book to read
@DAVEMARTIN8884
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@abbevilleinst
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@ttowntrekker5174
Жыл бұрын
The background music is too loud for the narrators voice.
@berengerdietiker22
2 ай бұрын
That's too bad; though, I could follow along just fine.
The latter part, you can get a glimpse of Faulkner's Greenfield Farm
@voiceofreason6336
2 жыл бұрын
👍
@cragjones1799
10 ай бұрын
Ive never met anyone who understood faulkner,
@Cakewalkingbaby
9 ай бұрын
I once read a comment that nailed it for me “you don’t understand Faulkner, you experience Faulkner”. You may not understand everything you read but once you get emerged in them, you feel them.
@pseudohipSTAR90
8 ай бұрын
Trying reading Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
@Jacob-pu4zj
2 жыл бұрын
Comment
@gs547
4 ай бұрын
Not the greatest. Not the second greatest. Nor the third or fourth.
@hughmanatee7657
Жыл бұрын
No, Walt Whitman is the greatest American writer. Our greatest novelist is Herman Melville.
@fitzwilliamdarcy5263
3 ай бұрын
Lewd, basic poetry vs. literary genius. Faulkner is far better than Whitman. Melville wrote one book that will survive the annals of history. Faulker is indeed the greatest American writer. Steinbeck is second. Styron is third.
@hughmanatee7657
3 ай бұрын
@@fitzwilliamdarcy5263 You’ve read “Song of Myself,” “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed,” his elegy on the death of Abraham Lincoln? I doubt it. Nothing lewd or basic about those. They are sublime.
@fitzwilliamdarcy5263
3 ай бұрын
Poems and fallacy riddled eulogies don’t begin to compare to the tour de force that was (is) the Faulkner novel. Pennies in a fountain versus pure gold. Enjoy your poetry.
@hughmanatee7657
3 ай бұрын
@@fitzwilliamdarcy5263 Sounds like something a Snopes would say.
@grahamgilbert4883
2 жыл бұрын
"Greatest American Writer"? The only possible excuse for saying so is that Henry James did become a British citizen...
@menomayhem9080
2 жыл бұрын
He is undoubtedly one of the greatest American writers. Whether u rank him first or 10th becomes personal preference. But one of the greatest our nation has ever produced.
@obscuracrimepodcast
Жыл бұрын
Henry James. Bleh.
@leewallace2235
Жыл бұрын
Graham, it's OK to compliment you favorite, but the tacky comment is uncool.
@danstracner9053
Жыл бұрын
Henry James could have learned a lot from William Faulkner.
@NoOne-tg9tk
9 ай бұрын
Henry James is Mediocre...Melville,Faulkner, Hemingway... the Trinity of American Novel Tradition
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