William Faulkner, The Marionettes

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 1920

Places

America - North (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Play

Resources

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William Faulkner wrote

The Marionettes

in 1920, but it remained unpublished for more than fifty years. When Faulkner enrolled as a special student at the University of Mississippi in September 1919, he began almost immediately to contribute poems, essays, and reviews to

The Mississippian

, the student newspaper, and his first published short story, “Landing in Luck”, appeared there (Blotner, 64, 78, & 90-91). He also published several drawings in the university yearbook, and in the fall of 1920, he joined a new university drama group, The Marionettes (77 & 89).

Composition and Publication

Composition and Publication

Though Faulkner left the university in November, he remained involved with The Marionettes, and in late 1920 he wrote for the group a one-act play that he showed to Ben

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Citation: Dasher, Thomas. "The Marionettes". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 03 July 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=39316, accessed 23 November 2024.]