I had the most excellent seminar on Faulkner back about 87. My professor came from the same part of Mississippi that Faulkner's people did...one of his ancestors had served with one of Faulkner's ancestors during the Civil War. He also went to the same high school as Elvis had although they weren't in the same grade.
I haven't read Faulkner in many decades, but I LOVED his books and I read all of them in one fell swoop.