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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Yoknapatawpha County cycle 1
Yoknapatawpha County stories 1

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) ⓘ

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

Quentin Compson → appearsIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County stories
Caddy Compson → fictionalUniverse → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
William Faulkner → fictionalUniverseCreated → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Jefferson, Mississippi → locatedInFictional → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
William Faulkner → notableWork → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
Dilsey Gibson → residesIn → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Jason Compson IV → setInUniverse → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Quentin Compson → setInUniverse → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
Sartoris → setting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury → setting → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
As I Lay Dying → settingLocation → Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ