fictional town of Green Town, Illinois
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The fictional town of Green Town, Illinois is Ray Bradbury’s nostalgic, small Midwestern community that serves as the primary setting for several of his works, including the dark fantasy novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes."
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Green Town, Illinois | 0 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional town
ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorPersona | Ray Bradbury’s childhood experiences ⓘ |
| associatedWithSeasonalImagery |
autumn
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summer ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
good versus evil ⓘ memory and time ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | nostalgic small Midwestern community ⓘ |
| fictionalCounterpartOf | Waukegan, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstMajorAppearance | Dandelion Wine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreAssociation |
dark fantasy
ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ science fiction-adjacent literature ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | nonexistent in real geography ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Waukegan, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Illinois
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Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| modeledOnTimePeriod |
1920s America
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1930s America ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
evocation of American small-town childhood
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site of supernatural and uncanny events ⓘ |
| notableAppearance |
Farewell Summer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Something Wicked This Way Comes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingFor |
Dandelion Wine
NERFINISHED
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Farewell Summer NERFINISHED ⓘ Something Wicked This Way Comes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Halloween Tree NERFINISHED ⓘ various Ray Bradbury short stories ⓘ |
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