Taulkinham, Tennessee (fictional city)
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Taulkinham, Tennessee is a fictional Southern U.S. city that serves as the bleak, grotesque urban backdrop of Flannery O’Connor’s novel *Wise Blood*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taulkinham, Tennessee (fictional city) canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional city
ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Flannery O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedLiteraryMovement | American literature GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
moral decay
ⓘ
religious fanaticism ⓘ spiritual desolation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Flannery O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
bleak
ⓘ
grotesque ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | nonexistent in real geography ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | Wise Blood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere |
decayed
ⓘ
oppressive ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | mid-20th-century American South ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American South
Tennessee ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | primary urban backdrop in Wise Blood ⓘ |
| settingOf | Wise Blood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanType | city ⓘ |
| usedFor | satirical depiction of Southern urban life ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.