Poker Flat (fictional town)
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Poker Flat is a fictional California mining town in Bret Harte’s Western short stories, best known as the morally rigid community that banishes the protagonists in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poker Flat | 0 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional town
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literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
Western fiction
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local color fiction ⓘ |
| appearsInShortStoryCollection | The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| banishesCharacter |
Duchess
NERFINISHED
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John Oakhurst NERFINISHED ⓘ Mother Shipton NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Billy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| banishmentReason |
desire to reform the town
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perceived immorality ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicBasis | gold mining ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceDate | 1869 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
morally rigid
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puritanical ⓘ vigilante justice ⓘ |
| hasFictionalFunction |
mining town
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moral community ⓘ |
| hasMedium | prose ⓘ |
| hasSocialType | frontier community ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American Realism
NERFINISHED
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Regionalism ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
contrast to the humanity of the outcasts
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symbol of rigid social morality ⓘ |
| settingOf | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | California Gold Rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedToExploreTheme |
exile
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hypocrisy ⓘ moral judgment ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
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