WHEN Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant--a combined gardener and cook--had seen in at least ten years.
An edition of A Rose for Emily
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A rose for Emily
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"A Rose for Emily" is a short story by American author William Faulkner, first published in the April 30, 1930, issue of The Forum. The story takes place in Faulkner's fictional city, Jefferson, Mississippi, in the fictional southern county of Yoknapatawpha.
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Une Rose Pour Emily
December 31, 1998, Editions Flammarion, Gallimard Education
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in French and English
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INTRODUCTION. "Rose for Emily" : Faulkner's modern gothic masterpiece --
LITERATURE --
About the author --
A rose for Emily / William Faulkner --
Matter deleted from "A rose for Emily" --
Discussion questions --
Research questions --
SECONDARY SOURCES --
Faulkner in the university : class conferences at the University of Virginia, 1957-1958 / [edited by] Frederick L. Gwynn, Joseph Blotner --
The telltale hair : a critical study of William Faulkner's "A rose for Emily" / Terry Heller --
Styles of reading / George L. Dillon --
The narrative in "A rose for Emily" / Ruth Sullivan --
Irony and isolation : narrative distance in Faulkner's "A rose for Emily" / Isaac Rodman --
How readers make meaning / Robert Crossman --
"A rose for Emily" by William Faulkner / Suzanne Hunter Brown --
Emily Grierson's Oedipus complex : motif, motive, and meaning in Faulkner's "A rose for Emily" / Jack Scherting --
A rose for "A rose for Emily" / Judith Fetterley --
Of time and its mathematical progression : problems of chronology in Faulkner's "A rose for Emily" / Gene M. Moore --
SAMPLE STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
APPENDIX: DOCUMENTING SOURCES --
CREDITS.
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