Frenchman’s Bend
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Frenchman’s Bend is a fictional rural community in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County, often serving as the setting for stories about the lives and struggles of poor white farmers in the American South.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional community
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fictional location ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInUniverse | Yoknapatawpha County saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
As I Lay Dying
NERFINISHED
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Light in August NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mansion NERFINISHED ⓘ The Town NERFINISHED ⓘ “Barn Burning” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Fool About a Horse” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Mule in the Yard” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Shingles for the Lord” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Spotted Horses” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
economic hardship
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poverty in the American South ⓘ race relations in the American South ⓘ social stratification in the South ⓘ |
| countryInFictional | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | rural community ⓘ |
| fictionalCountySeatRelation | Jefferson is county seat of Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalGeographicFeature |
cotton fields
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country stores ⓘ dirt roads ⓘ farms ⓘ |
| fictionalRelation | nearby fictional town of Jefferson ⓘ |
| firstAuthorPublicationContext | William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | rural communities in Lafayette County, Mississippi ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Southern Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacterAssociated |
Ab Snopes
NERFINISHED
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Flem Snopes NERFINISHED ⓘ Ratcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ Varners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFamilyInFiction | Snopes family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Snopes trilogy settings ⓘ |
| stateInFictional | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| typicalInhabitants | poor white farmers ⓘ |
| usedByAuthorFor |
depicting class conflict
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exploring rural Southern life ⓘ satirizing small-town society ⓘ |
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