Text Abbreviations

Abbreviations for Texts to be Cited in The Faulkner Journal

The editors here list the texts (with designated abbreviations) to which essays published in The Faulkner Journal will refer; the editors ask contributors to use these texts when submitting essays, in order to save time and effort after acceptance. The editors consider these texts the best now available, and will update the list regularly as newly edited texts appear. Since the original texts of These 13 and Doctor Martino are not generally available, the texts in Collected Stories are acceptable. For a useful, if now somewhat outdated, general discussion of textual problems in Faulkner, see James B. Meriwether, "The Books of William Faulkner: A Revised Guide for Students and Scholars," Mississippi Quarterly 35 (1982): 265-81. See also the "Notes on the Text" sections of the various Library of America volumes of Faulkner novels and the introductions to the individual volumes of William Faulkner Manuscripts (44 vols. New York: Garland, 1985).

For a definitive listing of text abbreviations, please refer to the latest issue of The Faulkner Journal.

AA - Absalom, Absalom! 1936. The Corrected Text. New York: Random, 1987; New York: Vintage International, 1990; William Faulkner: Novels 1936-1940. New York: Lib. of America, 1990. 1-315.
AILD - As I Lay Dying. 1930. The Corrected Text. New York: Random, 1987; New York: Vintage International, 1990; William Faulkner: Novels 1930-1935. New York: Lib. of America, 1985. 1-178.
BW - Big Woods. New York: Random, 1955.
CS - Collected Stories of William Faulkner. New York: Random, 1950; New York: Vintage, 1977.
DRM - Doctor Martino and Other Stories. New York: Smith, 1934.
ELM - Elmer. Northport: Seajay, 1984; Mississippi Quarterly 36 (1983): 337-460.
EPP - Early Prose and Poetry. Ed. Carvel Collins. Boston: Little, 1962.
ESPL - Essays Speeches & Public Letters. Ed. James B. Meriwether. New York: Random, 1966.
FA - Father Abraham. Ed. James B. Meriwether. New York: Random, 1984.
FAB - A Fable. 1954. William Faulkner: Novels 1942-1954. New York: Lib. of America, 1994. 665-1072.
FD - Flags in the Dust. Ed. Douglas Day. New York: Random, 1973; William Faulkner: Novels 1926-1929. New York: Lib. of America, 2006. 541-875.
FU - Faulkner in the University. Ed. Frederick L. Gwynn and Joseph L. Blotner. Charlottesville: U of Virginia P, 1959, 1995.
GB - A Green Bough. New York: Smith, 1933; The Marble Faun and A Green Bough. New York: Random, 1965.
GDM - Go Down, Moses and Other Stories. 1942. New York: Vintage International, 1990; William Faulkner: Novels 1942-1954. New York: Lib. of America, 1994. 1-281.
H - The Hamlet. 1940. The Corrected Text. New York: Vintage International, 1991; William Faulkner: Novels 1936-1940. New York: Lib. of America, 1990. 727-1075.
HEL - Helen: A Courtship (Ms facsimile). New Orleans: Tulane UP and Oxford: Yoknapatawpha, 1981; typeset edition, Helen: A Courtship and Mississippi Poems. New Orleans: Tulane UP and Oxford: Yoknapatawpha, 1981.
ID - Intruder in the Dust. 1948. New York: Vintage International, 1991; William Faulkner: Novels 1942-1954. New York: Lib. of America, 1994. 283-470.
JER - If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem [The Wild Palms]. 1939. New York: Vintage International, 1995; William Faulkner: Novels 1936-1940. New York: Lib. of America, 1990. 493-726.
KG - Knight’s Gambit. New York: Random, 1949; New York: Vintage, 1978.
LA - Light in August. 1932. The Corrected Text. New York: Random, 1987; New York: Vintage International, 1990; William Faulkner: Novels 1930-1935. New York: Lib. of America, 1985. 399-774.
LG - Lion in the Garden: Interviews with William Faulkner 1926-1962. Ed. James B. Meriwether and Michael Millgate. New York: Random, 1968; Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1980.
M - The Mansion. 1959. William Faulkner: Novels 1957-1962. New York: Lib. of America, 1999. 327-721.
MAR - Marionettes (Ms facsimile). Charlottesville: Published by the UP of Virginia for the Bibliographical Society of the U of Virginia, 1978.
MAY - Mayday (Ms facsimile). South Bend: U of Notre Dame P, 1977; typeset edition. Ed. Carvel Collins. South Bend: U of Notre Dame P, 1980.
MF - The Marble Faun. Boston: Four Seas, 1924. See GB above.
MOS - Mosquitoes. New York: Boni, 1927; New York: Liveright, 1955; William Faulkner: Novels 1926-1929. New York: Lib. of America, 2006. 257-540.
MP - Mississippi Poems (Ts facsimile). Oxford, Mississippi: Yoknapatawpha, 1979; typeset edition, see HEL above.
NH - Notes on a Horsethief. Greenville, Mississippi: Levee, 1951.
NOS - New Orleans Sketches. Ed. Carvel Collins. New York: Random, 1968.
P - Pylon. 1935. William Faulkner: Novels 1930-1935. New York: Lib. of America, 1985. 775-992.
R - The Reivers. 1962. William Faulkner: Novels 1957-1962. New York: Lib. of America, 1999. 723-971.
RN - Requiem for a Nun. 1952. William Faulkner: Novels 1942-1954. New York: Lib. of America, 1994. 471-664.
S - Sanctuary. 1931. The Corrected Text. New York: Random, 1987; New York: Vintage International, 1993; William Faulkner: Novels 1930-1935. New York: Lib. of America, 1985. 179-398.
SAR - Sartoris. New York: Harcourt, 1929; New York: Random, 1961.
SF - The Sound and the Fury. 1929. The Corrected Text. New York: Random, 1987; New York: Vintage International, 1990; New York: Modern Lib., 1992 (includes "Appendix: Compson: 1699-1945"); William Faulkner: Novels 1926-1929. New York: Lib. of America, 2006. 877-1141.
SL - Selected Letters of William Faulkner. Ed. Joseph Blotner. New York: Random, 1977; New York: Vintage, 1978.
SO - Sanctuary: The Original Text. Ed. Noel Polk. New York: Random, 1981.
SP - Soldiers’ Pay. New York: Boni, 1926; New York: Liveright, 1970; William Faulkner: Novels 1926-1929. New York: Lib. of America, 2006. 1-256.
T - The Town. 1957. William Faulkner Novels: 1957-1962. New York: Lib. of America, 1999. 1-326.
T13 - These 13. New York: Cape, 1931.
U - The Unvanquished. 1938. The Corrected Text. New York: Vintage International, 1991; William Faulkner: Novels 1936-1940. New York: Lib. of America, 1990. 317-492.
US - Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner. Ed. Joseph Blotner. New York: Random, 1979; New York: Vintage, 1981.
VS - Vision in Spring. Ed. Judith L. Sensibar. Austin: U of Texas P, 1984.
WP - See JER above
WT - The Wishing Tree. New York: Random, 1967.