Red Leaves
"Red Leaves" is a short story by American author William Faulkner. First published in the Saturday Evening Post on October 25, 1930,[1] it was one of Faulkner's first stories to appear in a national magazine.[2] The title of the story symbolizes the American Indian, [3] specifically the Chickasaw.[4]
When writing the story, Faulkner was heavily influenced by Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway.[5]
Footnotes
- ^ McFarland, Dorothy Tuck (1964). Crowell's Handbook of Faulkner. Crowell. p. 174.
- ^ Volpe, Edmond Loris (2004). A Reader's Guide to William Faulkner: The Short Stories. Syracuse University Press. p. 138. ISBN 0815630476.
- ^ Gwynn, Frederick L. (1995). Faulkner in the University. University of Virginia Press. p. 39. ISBN 0813916127.
- ^ Bassett, John Earl (1997). William Faulkner. Routledge. p. 274. ISBN 0415159334.
- ^ Meyers, Jeffrey (1999). Hemingway: A Biography. De Capo Press. p. 431. ISBN 0306808900.
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