William Faulkner's Mink Snopes and Southern Livestock Control Practices

Abstract

ARTICLE WILL EXAMINE THE LIFE AND ACTIONS OF M INK S NOPES , AS they are depicted in The Hamlet, revisited briefly in The Town, then substantially expanded in The Mansion, the three novels of William Faulkner’s Snopes trilogy. Its focus will fall on a collocation of activities central to Mink’s story, of livestock allowed to range freely, of (deliberately) uninstalled fencing, and of the resultant imposition of pound fees. In exploring this combination of activities