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Film, Video William Faulkner & the Ledgers of History

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • William Faulkner & the Ledgers of History

Summary

  • Two years ago, an important literary discovery was revealed -- the existence of a wealthy plantation owner's mid-1800s diary that had been read by William Faulkner and served as the great author's source for names, incidents and details in his prize-winning novels. Sally Wolff uncovered the connection between the diary and Faulkner when she was working on a book about the people who knew Faulkner.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Researcher and Reference Services Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-08-09.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Literature

Notes

  • -  Classification: Auxiliary Sciences of History.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Sally Wolff.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-08-09.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688719

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Researcher And Reference Services Division. William Faulkner & the Ledgers of History. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-09, 2011. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688719/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Researcher And Reference Services Division, S. B. (2011) William Faulkner & the Ledgers of History. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-09. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688719/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Researcher And Reference Services Division. William Faulkner & the Ledgers of History. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-09, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021688719/>.