Rare ALS signed “Wm. Faulkner,” one page, 8.5 x 11, March 16, 1937. Letter to William Stevens at Swarthmore College, in full: "Thank you for your letter about 'Jefferson' article. I see no reason why a man should not write about anything he wants to, granted he either knows about it or feels deeply and sincerely about it. Carry on with it and good luck to you." In fine condition, with two light spots of toning to the right edge. Accompanied by the original Twentieth Century-Fox mailing envelope addressed in Faulkner's hand, incorporating his signature, "Wm. Faulkner," in the return address area.
The original recipient, William Stevens, earned his B.A. from Swarthmore in the same year with a thesis titled 'The Jefferson Chronicles of William Faulkner.' Jefferson, the fictional town in a number of Faulkner's works, was based on Oxford, Mississippi, where the author lived for most of his life. Faulkner's screenwriting stint in Hollywood in the late 1930s and early 1940s provided an important source of income that his "serious" works did not. While he refused to adapt any of his own works to the screen, Faulkner did produce screenplays for a handful of classics (and contributed to several more), including The Big Sleep and To Have and Have Not. A fantastic, elusive handwritten letter by a major figure of modern literature.
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