Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Faulkner's fictional town of Jefferson is part of his fictional county of Yoknapatawpha, Mississippi, which he drew maps of, just like we drew fictional maps as kids. Except he did it as an adult… an adult literary genius. (Source)
The bones of a "Nancy" appear in a ditch in Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, which features the same family. Critics once thought the bones were proof Jesus killed Nancy, but they've since changed their minds. (Source)
Nancy appears in Faulkner's Requiem for a Nun, alive after the events in "That Evening Sun." Some critics take this as evidence that Jesus doesn't kill Nancy. Others say each story must stand alone. (Source)
Faulkner did say that Nancy in "That Evening Sun" and Nancy in Requiem for a Nun are the same person. He added, "These people I figure belong to me, and I have the right to move them about in time when I need them." We figure he's got a point. (Source)