1977: The Maker and the Myth

A selection of the essays presented at this year’s conference is available from the University Press of Mississippi. It is also available from the University of Mississippi Libraries at this call number: PS3511.A86 Z7778 1977.

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Schedule
1977
Sunday, July 31st
2:00 PM

Registration

Conference Attendees

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

2:00 PM

5:00 PM

Reception

Conference Attendees

Rowan Oak

5:00 PM

8:00 PM

Film screenings. William Faulkner of Oxford and William Faulkner's Mississippi

Ford Foundation Workshop
Metropolitan Broadcasting Television

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

8:00 PM

Monday, August 1st
9:00 AM

Welcome

Porter L. Fortune Jr., University of Mississippi

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

William Faulkner and Phil Stone

James B. Meriwether, University of South Carolina

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

9:30 AM

11:00 AM

Faulkner's Localism

Calvin Brown, University of Georgia

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

11:00 AM

1:30 PM

Memories of William Faulkner

George William Healy Jr.

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

Discussion for Small Groups

Calvin Brown, University of Georgia
James B. Meriwether, University of South Carolina
Lewis Simpson, Louisiana State University
Margaret Walker Alexander, Jackson State University
Albert J. Guerard, Stanford University
Elizabeth Hardwick, New York Review of Books
George William Healy Jr.
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

3:00 PM

8:00 PM

The Faulknerian Voice

Albert J. Guerard, Stanford University

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

8:00 PM

Tuesday, August 2nd
9:00 AM

Guided Tour of Oxford and Lafayette County

Conference Attendees

Various locations

9:00 AM

8:00 PM

Sex and History in Faulkner

Lewis Simpson, Louisiana State University

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

8:00 PM

Wednesday, August 3rd
9:00 AM

Faulkner as Innovator

Albert J. Guerard, Stanford University

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Discussion for Small Groups

Calvin Brown, University of Georgia
James B. Meriwether, University of South Carolina
Lewis Simpson, Louisiana State University
Margaret Walker Alexander, Jackson State University
Albert J. Guerard, Stanford University
Elizabeth Hardwick, New York Review of Books
George William Healy Jr.
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

10:30 AM

4:30 PM

Walk Through Bailey's Woods

Conference Attendees

Bailey's Woods

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

Picnic at Rowan Oak

Conference Attendees

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

5:30 PM

8:00 PM

William Faulkner and Sherwood Anderson

James B. Meriwether, University of South Carolina

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

8:00 PM

Thursday, August 4th
9:00 AM

Women in Faulkner

Elizabeth Hardwick, New York Review of Books

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Panel Discussion: Women in Faulkner

Victoria Fielden Black
Elizabeth Hardwick, New York Review of Books
Dean Faulkner Wells

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

10:30 AM

1:00 PM

Knowing William Faulkner

J. M. Faulkner

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

1:00 PM

3:30 PM

Discussion for Small Groups

Calvin Brown, University of Georgia
James B. Meriwether, University of South Carolina
Lewis Simpson, Louisiana State University
Margaret Walker Alexander, Jackson State University
Albert J. Guerard, Stanford University
Elizabeth Hardwick, New York Review of Books
George William Healy Jr.
James W. Webb, University of Mississippi

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

3:30 PM

8:00 PM

Dramatic Presentation

(Names not indicated in printed program)

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

8:00 PM

Friday, August 5th
9:00 AM

Faulkner and Race

Margaret Walker Alexander, Jackson State University

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

9:00 AM

10:30 AM

Faulkner's Fable of Western Civilization

Lewis Simpson, Louisiana State University

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

10:30 AM

1:00 PM

Film screening. Faulkner's Mississippi: Land Into Legend

Evans Harrington, University of Mississippi
Robert Oesterling

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

1:00 PM

1:30 PM

Faulkner in Perspective

(Names not indicated in printed program)

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

1:30 PM

8:00 PM

Faulkner's Universality

Calvin Brown, University of Georgia

E. F. Yerby Center for Continuation Study, University of Mississippi

8:00 PM