literary setting

A literary setting is the time, place, and social environment in which a story’s events occur, shaping mood, character behavior, and plot development.

Observed surface forms (1)

• literary location ×6

Instances (14)

• St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town)
  surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
• Sleepy Hollow
• Macondo
• Xanadu via concept surface "literary location"
• pleasure-dome of Xanadu via concept surface "literary location"
• Van Tassel farm via concept surface "literary location"
• West Egg via concept surface "literary location"
• East Egg via concept surface "literary location"
• Hautdesert via concept surface "literary location"
• Yoknapatawpha County
• Jefferson, Mississippi
• The Island of Love
• Tom Sawyer universe
• Tarry Town