Taulkinham, Tennessee

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Taulkinham, Tennessee is a fictional Southern town that serves as the primary setting in Flannery O’Connor’s novel "Wise Blood."

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Taulkinham, Tennessee canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional town
appearsInWork Wise Blood NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme alienation
redemption
religious fanaticism
satire of organized religion
spiritual crisis
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Flannery O’Connor NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Wise Blood NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYearOfWork 1952
genreOfWorkItAppearsIn novel
hasCharacteristic postwar American atmosphere
religious street preaching
urban setting
hasTypeOfEnvironment small city
inspiredBy Southern U.S. towns known to Flannery O’Connor
languageOfWork English
literaryTradition Southern Gothic NERFINISHED
locatedIn Tennessee
medium novel
narrativeFunction primary setting of Wise Blood
notableCharacterPresent Asa Hawks NERFINISHED
Enoch Emery NERFINISHED
Hazel Motes NERFINISHED
Mrs. Flood NERFINISHED
Sabbath Lily Hawks NERFINISHED
region American South NERFINISHED
settingOf Wise Blood NERFINISHED
usedFor exploration of grotesque and absurd elements of Southern life

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Enoch Emery fictionalSetting Taulkinham, Tennessee