As we tackle Faulkner this week (for many of you for the first time, more or less), you might find it interesting to check out Yoknapedia, an encyclopedic resources built by students in several different sections of a single-author course I’ve taught on Faulkner in recent years.

The site attempts to “map” the fictional county in which Faulkner set most of his work (more details on the overall project here): you might find it useful to browse the entries devoted to The Unvanquished as you start reading. And if anyone is interested in contributing–absolutely any person, place, or thing you find in the text that peers might find mystifying or helpful to read about–I can enroll you in the site. I’d be happy to substitute an entry for a required blog post. You could also build a final project around a contribution: this essay on clothing in Faulkner is a great example of what it might look like.