Jefferson

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fictional location fictional town literary setting

Jefferson is the fictional Mississippi town that serves as the central setting in many of William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County stories and novels.

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Label Occurrences
Jefferson canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
appearsIn many Yoknapatawpha short stories ⓘ
Absalom, Absalom! ⓘ
surface form: “Absalom, Absalom!”

As I Lay Dying ⓘ
surface form: “As I Lay Dying”

“Go Down, Moses” ⓘ
Intruder in the Dust ⓘ
surface form: “Intruder in the Dust”

Light in August ⓘ
surface form: “Light in August”

Sanctuary ⓘ
surface form: “Sanctuary”

“The Mansion” ⓘ
The Reivers ⓘ
surface form: “The Reivers”

The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
surface form: “The Sound and the Fury”

“The Town” ⓘ
The Unvanquished ⓘ
surface form: “The Unvanquished”
appearsInAuthor William Faulkner ⓘ
associatedWithTheme Southern Gothic ⓘ
surface form: Southern Gothic literature

race relations in the American South ⓘ
social hierarchy in the South ⓘ
centralSettingOf many Yoknapatawpha County novels ⓘ
many Yoknapatawpha County stories ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator William Faulkner ⓘ
hasFeature churches ⓘ
courthouse square ⓘ
jail ⓘ
residential neighborhoods ⓘ
stores ⓘ
hasNotableCharacter Flem Snopes ⓘ
Gavin Stevens ⓘ
Jason Compson IV ⓘ
Lucas Beauchamp ⓘ
Temple Drake ⓘ
hasNotableFamily Compson family ⓘ
Sartoris family ⓘ
Snopes family ⓘ
Stevens family ⓘ
hasRole county seat of Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
languageOfFictionalDepiction English ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernist literature ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
locatedInWorkOfFiction Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
surface form: William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County cycle
modeledAfter Oxford, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
surface form: Oxford, Mississippi
partOf Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
surface form: Yoknapatawpha County fictional universe
timePeriod primarily late 19th and early 20th century American South ⓘ
usedFor exploration of Southern history and memory ⓘ
interconnected narratives across multiple works ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yoknapatawpha County → hasCountySeat → Jefferson ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County → hasPrincipalTown → Jefferson ⓘ
Jefferson, Mississippi → hasAlternativeName → Jefferson ⓘ
The Mansion → setInFictionalPlace → Jefferson ⓘ
The Town → setInTown → Jefferson ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha saga → recurringLocation → Jefferson ⓘ
Flags in the Dust → hasFictionalTown → Jefferson ⓘ