Library patrons will have the opportunity to learn about William Faulkner’s extensive literary career when “William Faulkner’s Books: A Bibliographic Exhibit” goes on display in January. The exhibit features 20 cases dedicated to books and artifacts that go along with them, such as photographs and related collateral materials.
“This is the first complete Faulkner exhibit that we’ve done for quite some time,” said Jennifer Ford, head of the Department of Archives and Special Collections and associate professor. “Each case is devoted to a different work and the highlights from our collection that are related to that work.”
Featured books include Soldiers’ Pay, As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury. The display will also include a case dedicated to The Marionettes, a play Faulkner penned in 1921, hand-bound and illustrated. The library’s copy of The Marionettes is one of six known to be in existence.
Library patrons will have the opportunity to learn about William Faulkner’s extensive literary career when “William Faulkner’s Books: A Bibliographic Exhibit” goes on display in January. The exhibit features 20 cases dedicated to books and artifacts that go along with them.
“This is the first complete Faulkner exhibit that we’ve done for quite some time,” said Jennifer Ford, head of the Department of Archives and Special Collections and associate professor. “Each case is devoted to a different work and the highlights from our collection that are related to that work.”
Featured books include Soldiers’ Pay, As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury. The display will also include a case featuring The Marionettes, a play Faulkner penned in 1921, hand-bound and illustrated. The library’s copy of The Marionettes is one of six known to be in existence.
The exhibit will be on display through January 2015 in the Faulkner Room of the J.D. Williams Library.