1975: Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha

A selection of the essays presented at this year’s conference was published in Volume 15 of Studies in English (1978).

Drawing by Lisa Howorth for the conference's printed program

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Schedule
1975
Monday, August 4th
9:00 AM

Welcome

Porter L. Fortune Jr., University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

Yoknapatawpha and Mississippi

Elizabeth Kerr, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

9:30 AM

11:00 AM

Discussions for Small Groups

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University
Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame
Blyden Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Kerr, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
William Boozer
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

11:00 AM

1:30 PM

Faulkner and Mississippi

Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Discussions for Small Groups

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University
Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame
Blyden Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Kerr, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
William Boozer
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

2:30 PM

8:00 PM

The Sense of Community in Yoknapatawpha Fiction

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM

Tuesday, August 5th
9:00 AM

Modern Historical Scholarship: Slavery and Faulkner

Harry P. Owens, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

9:00 AM

11:00 AM

Discussions for Small Groups

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University
Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame
Blyden Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Kerr, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
William Boozer
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

11:00 AM

1:30 PM

Faulkner's Depiction of the Negro

Blyden Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Discussions for Small Groups

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University
Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame
Blyden Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Kerr, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
William Boozer
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

2:30 PM

8:00 PM

Film Screening: William Faulkner of Oxford

Kate Baker
Christine Drake
Lucy Howorth
Mary McClain

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM

Wednesday, August 6th
9:30 AM

Guided Tour of Oxford and Lafayette County

Conference Attendees

Various locations

9:30 AM

5:00 PM

Picnic at Rowan Oak

Conference Attendees

Rowan Oak

5:00 PM

8:00 PM

Two Mississippi Writers: Wright and Faulkner

Blyden Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM

Thursday, August 7th
9:00 AM

Panel of Local Townspeople and the Faulkner Family

Howard Duvall
M. C. Falkner
J. M. Faulkner
William Roane
Gerald Walton, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

9:00 AM

11:00 AM

Discussions for Small Groups

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University
Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame
Blyden Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Kerr, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
William Boozer
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

11:00 AM

1:30 PM

Pictures of Faulkner

Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Discussions for Small Groups

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University
Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame
Blyden Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Kerr, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
William Boozer
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

2:30 PM

8:00 PM

Dramatic Presentation

(Names not indicated in printed program)

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM

Friday, August 8th
9:00 AM

Gavin Stevens and the Chivalric Tradition

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

9:00 AM

11:00 AM

Discussions for Small Groups

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University
Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame
Blyden Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Kerr, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
William Boozer
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

11:00 AM

1:30 PM

Gothicism in Faulkner

Elizabeth Kerr, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Film Screening: Faulkner's Mississippi: Land into Legend

Cleanth Brooks, Yale University
Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame
Evans Harrington, University of Mississippi
Blyden Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Kerr, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
John Pilkington, University of Mississippi
Gerald Walton, University of Mississippi
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner: The Man and the Artist

Carvel Collins, University of Notre Dame

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

8:00 PM

9:00 PM

Party

Conference Attendees

University of Mississippi. Center for Continuation Study

9:00 PM