Elmwood Springs, Missouri
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Elmwood Springs, Missouri is a fictional small Midwestern town created by author Fannie Flagg and featured in several of her interconnected novels.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional town ⓘ setting in literature ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven
NERFINISHED
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Fannie Flagg’s Elmwood Springs series NERFINISHED ⓘ Standing in the Rainbow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Whole Town’s Talking NERFINISHED ⓘ Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Fannie Flagg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Fannie Flagg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
American small-town values
ⓘ
changes in American society over decades ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | not a real town ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Midwestern culture
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close-knit community ⓘ interconnected residents ⓘ small town ⓘ |
| hasGenre | small-town fiction setting ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
cemetery central to The Whole Town’s Talking
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main street business district (in the novels) ⓘ radio station WDOT (in the novels) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community life
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everyday heroism ⓘ humor in ordinary life ⓘ intergenerational relationships ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | small Midwestern American towns ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryUniverse | Fannie Flagg fictional universe ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Midwestern United States
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Missouri ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
backdrop for family sagas
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backdrop for social and historical change in 20th-century America ⓘ central setting for multiple generations of characters ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Elmwood Springs novels ⓘ |
| populationType | fictional residents spanning several generations ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
20th century
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early 21st century ⓘ |
| usedByAuthor | to connect multiple standalone novels ⓘ |
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