Yoknapatawpha County

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fictional county fictional location literary setting

Yoknapatawpha County is a fictional Mississippi county created by William Faulkner as the primary setting for many of his novels exploring the American South.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Yoknapatawpha County canonical 56
Yoknapatawpha County fictional universe 2
Yoknapatawpha County series 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional county ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
alsoProminentlyAppearsIn Sartoris ⓘ
appearsInWork Absalom, Absalom! ⓘ
As I Lay Dying ⓘ
Collected Stories of William Faulkner ⓘ
Flags in the Dust ⓘ
Go Down, Moses ⓘ
Intruder in the Dust ⓘ
Knight’s Gambit ⓘ
Light in August ⓘ
Sanctuary ⓘ
The Hamlet ⓘ
The Mansion ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
The Town ⓘ
The Unvanquished ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator William Faulkner ⓘ
fictionalAreaSquareMiles 2400 ⓘ
fictionalPopulation 15000 ⓘ
firstAppearance Flags in the Dust ⓘ
hasCountySeat Jefferson ⓘ
hasFictionalRiver Yocona River (Yoknapatawpha River in fiction) ⓘ
surface form: Yoknapatawpha River
hasNotableFamily Bundren family ⓘ
Compson family ⓘ
Grierson family ⓘ
McCaslin family ⓘ
Sartoris family ⓘ
Snopes family ⓘ
Stevens family ⓘ
Sutpen family ⓘ
hasPrincipalTown Jefferson ⓘ
hasTheme decline of the Southern aristocracy ⓘ
guilt and moral decay ⓘ
legacy of the Civil War ⓘ
memory and history ⓘ
poverty and class conflict ⓘ
race relations in the American South ⓘ
inspiredBy Lafayette County, Mississippi ⓘ
isCentralTo The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
surface form: William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha saga
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInFictionalUniverse Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
mappedBy William Faulkner ⓘ
mapPublishedIn Absalom, Absalom! ⓘ
The Portable Faulkner ⓘ
namedAfter Yocona River (Yoknapatawpha River in fiction) ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

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

The Sound and the Fury → setting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
William Faulkner → notableWork → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
William Faulkner → fictionalUniverseCreated → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Jason Compson IV → setInUniverse → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Dilsey Gibson → residesIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Sartoris → setting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
As I Lay Dying → settingLocation → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Quentin Compson → appearsIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County stories
Quentin Compson → setInUniverse → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Caddy Compson → fictionalUniverse → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Jefferson, Mississippi → locatedInFictional → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Jefferson, Mississippi → hasFictionalCountySeatRole → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Light in August → setInFictionalPlace → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Sanctuary → setInFictionalPlace → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Go Down, Moses → setIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
The Hamlet → settingLocation → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
this entity surface form: fictional Yoknapatawpha County
The Mansion → setIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Absalom, Absalom! → setInPlace → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
The Town → setIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
The Town → fictionalCounty → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
The Reivers → hasFictionalLocation → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Collected Stories of William Faulkner → hasSetting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Oxford, Mississippi, United States → literaryAssociation → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
subject surface form: Oxford, Mississippi
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County (fictional setting based on area around Oxford)
The Unvanquished → fictionalSetting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Compson → locatedInFictionalUniverse → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Compson family → setIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
The Portable Faulkner → containsWorksSetIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Oxford → regionOfFaulknerFiction → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
subject surface form: Oxford, Mississippi
Yoknapatawpha saga → setIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Jefferson → locatedIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Jefferson → partOf → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County fictional universe
Flags in the Dust → setting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Flags in the Dust → fictionalCounty → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Flags in the Dust → sharesUniverse → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County series
Knight’s Gambit → setting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Sutpen family → locatedInFictionalPlace → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Snopes family → setting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
this entity surface form: fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
Snopes family → relatedTo → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
McCaslin family → appearsInFictionalSetting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
McCaslin family → locatedInFictionalCounty → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Sartoris family → fictionalLocation → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Bundren family → livesIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Stevens family → appearsInFictionalSetting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Grierson family → appearsInFictionalSetting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Yocona River (Yoknapatawpha River in fiction) → influenced → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
subject surface form: Yocona River
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County (fictional setting)
Yocona River (Yoknapatawpha River in fiction) → locatedInFictional → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
subject surface form: Yoknapatawpha River
Compson estate → locatedInFictional → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Bayard Sartoris → setInFictionalLocation → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Narcissa Benbow → partOfFictionalUniverse → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Narcissa Benbow → fictionalCounty → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ