William Faulkner’s Artist at Home concerns Roger Howe, a writer, who decides to take, struggling poet, John Blair into his home.
Both John and Roger are engaged at their artwork throughout the story.
While John Blair is staying that Roger’s house, he follows and attempts to seduce Howe’s wife.
At one point in the story, Roger confronts Blair over his behavior. Blair replies, “I kissed your wife”. John says he plans to do it again.
Later on, Blair disappears.
John Blair, through the rest of the work, sends Roger and his wife correspondence.
Near the end of the work, Roger discovers Blair has published a peace in a literary magazine.
However, The magazine’s publisher failed to keep a safeguard on Blair’s copyright of the poem.
Several magazines placed the author’s work in their magazines, without bothering to pay John, as a consequence.
This does not affect John Blair because…
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