TY - JOUR
AU1 - Fulton, Lorie Watkins
AB -  Intruder in the Past by Lorie Watkins Fulton Whom, exactly, William Faulkner intends readers to envision as the intruder in Intruder in the Dust seems a question almost as complex as the mystery contained within the pages of the novel itself. The lack of any definite candidate for the position, combined with Faulkner's difficulty in selecting a title, tempts one to treat his choice as a throwaway, unimportant because likely chosen in a moment of desperation. The beginnings of his frustration appear in a letter Robert K. Haas, his literary agent, received from him on March 15, 1948, in which he complains, "By the way, first time in my experience, I cant find a title." Actually, he already knew that he wanted to use the phrase "in the dust," and searched only for the perfect word to combine with it. He wrote to Haas, "I want a word, a dignified (or more dignified) synonym for `shenanigan,' `skulduggery'; maybe" (Selected Letters 264 ­ 265). Faulkner's correspondence shows that his mild irritation at his inability to choose a title soon escalated, and he followed his first letter with another to Haas approximately a week later proposing Intruder in the Dust 
TI - Intruder in the Past
JF - The Southern Literary Journal
DA - 2006-05-31
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/university-of-north-carolina-press/intruder-in-the-past-YkR20IJkCH
SP - 64
EP - 73
VL - 38
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -