Collected Stories of William Faulkner explained

Collected Stories of William Faulkner is a short story collection by William Faulkner published by Random House in 1950. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1951.^[1] The publication of this collection of 42 stories was authorized and supervised by Faulkner himself, who came up with the themed section headings.^[2]

Contents

I. THE COUNTRY

• "Barn Burning"
• "Shingles for the Lord"
• "The Tall Men"
• "A Bear Hunt"
• "Two Soldiers"
• "Shall Not Perish"

II. THE VILLAGE

• "A Rose for Emily"
• "Hair"
• "Centaur in Brass"
• "Dry September"
• "Death Drag"
• "Elly"
• "Uncle Willy"
• "Mule in the Yard"
• "That Will Be Fine"
• "That Evening Sun"

III. THE WILDERNESS

• "Red Leaves"
• "A Justice"
• "A Courtship"
• "Lo!"

IV. THE WASTELAND

• "Ad Astra"
• "Victory"
• "Crevasse"
• "Turnabout"
• "All the Dead Pilots"

V. THE MIDDLE GROUND

• "Wash"
• "Honor"
• "Dr. Martin"
• "Fox Hunt"
• "Pennsylvania Station"
• "Artist at Home"
• "The Brooch"
• "Grandmother Millard"
• "Golden Land"
• "There Was a Queen"
• "Mountain Victory"

VI. BEYOND

• "Beyond"
• "Black Music"
• "The Leg"
• "Mistral"
• "Divorce in Naples"
• "Carcassonne"

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1951 - www.nbafictionblog.org - National Book Awards Fiction Winners. nbafictionblog.org. 2014-12-05. 2020-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20200130122802/http://www.nbafictionblog.org/nba-winning-books-blog/1951.html. dead.
2. Web site: WFotW ~ Collected Stories of William Faulkner (Short Story Collections). olemiss.edu. 2014-12-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20141219154707/http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/r_ssb-cs.html. 2014-12-19. dead.