William Faulkner, Pylon

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: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1935

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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Pylon,

published on 25 March 1935 by Smith and Haas, New York, was the eighth of William Faulkner’s nineteen novels and one of only five not set primarily in his apocryphal Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. Instead, the setting of

Pylon

is fictional New Valois, Franciana, during an air show celebrating the dedication of its new airport with airplane racing, parachute jumping, and stunt flying.

Composition and Publication

Composition and Publication

Pylon is not generally considered one of Faulkner’s major works, and Faulkner himself helped create that impression. In 1957 when he was writer-in-residence at the University of Virginia, a student asked if he thought Pylon was a “serious novel”. Faulkner responded that he wrote the book

Pylon

is not generally considered one of…

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Citation: Dasher, Thomas. "Pylon". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 March 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=2515, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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