Yesterday's short story was William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily", a reread (because I have the Collected Stories, but cravenly started with something familiar
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I just didn't "get" Faulkner. I read one of the novels, and it just seemed like an exercise in sustained unpleasantness. Maybe I'm smarter now and should try it again.
I've loved the Faulkner novels I've read, but I never got around to his stories. Which is strange, because generally I'll know short stories much better than novels (I'm a very slow reader).
I think it's a classic because it pretty much lays out the truth that romanticizing the South is like fucking a corpse: okay if there's nothing else around, but really.
The reasons this story is much-anthologized might have little to do with the quality of the story as such.
My first thought: It fits. Second, when you say it's a character study, I immediately thought of academic anthologies. Here you go, Character Study for the composition majors.
An anthology of American Lit. has to include a story by Faulkner, so this one is included. Not because it's "better" than his other stories, but maybe because it's shorter and/or more accessible./
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My first thought: It fits. Second, when you say it's a character study, I immediately thought of academic anthologies. Here you go, Character Study for the composition majors.
An anthology of American Lit. has to include a story by Faulkner, so this one is included. Not because it's "better" than his other stories, but maybe because it's shorter and/or more accessible./
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