Jefferson, Mississippi

E78484
fictional town literary setting

Jefferson, Mississippi is a fictional town in William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County, often used as the central setting for his novels exploring the complexities of Southern life.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jefferson, Mississippi canonical 11
Jefferson, Mississippi (fictional) 5
Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional town ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
appearsIn Absalom, Absalom! ⓘ
As I Lay Dying ⓘ
Collected Stories of William Faulkner ⓘ
Go Down, Moses ⓘ
Intruder in the Dust ⓘ
Knight’s Gambit ⓘ
Light in August ⓘ
Sanctuary ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
The Unvanquished ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy William Faulkner ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Dilsey Gibson ⓘ
Gavin Stevens ⓘ
Jason Compson IV ⓘ
surface form: Jason Compson

Joe Christmas ⓘ
Lena Grove ⓘ
Lucas Beauchamp ⓘ
Quentin Compson ⓘ
Sutpen family ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Sutpen
centralSettingOf Yoknapatawpha County stories ⓘ
countryInFiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy William Faulkner ⓘ
firstFullyMappedIn Yoknapatawpha County map drawn by William Faulkner ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Jefferson ⓘ
hasFictionalCountySeatRole Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
hasFictionalGeographicFeature proximity to plantations ⓘ
railroad connection ⓘ
hasFictionalInstitution churches ⓘ
courthouse ⓘ
jail ⓘ
stores ⓘ
town square ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryMovement Southern Gothic ⓘ
locatedInFictional Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
modeledAfter Oxford, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
surface form: Oxford, Mississippi
narrativeFunction microcosm of the American South ⓘ
partOfFictionalUniverse Yoknapatawpha saga ⓘ
surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
stateInFiction Mississippi ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 19th century American South ⓘ
early 20th century American South ⓘ
usedToExploreTheme Southern life ⓘ
class and social hierarchy ⓘ
decay of the Old South ⓘ
history and memory ⓘ
race relations in the American South ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

The Sound and the Fury → setting → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Mr. Jason Compson III → residence → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
subject surface form: Jason Compson III
Caroline Compson → settingOfFictionalWork → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Benjy Compson → setting → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Jason Compson IV → setIn → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jefferson, Mississippi (fictional)
Dilsey Gibson → residesIn → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Luster → setting → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Sartoris → featuresFictionalLocation → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Quentin Compson → placeOfOrigin → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jefferson, Mississippi (fictional)
Miss Quentin → residesIn → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jefferson, Mississippi (fictional)
Caddy Compson → setting → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Light in August → setInFictionalPlace → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Jason Compson II → fictionalLocation → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
Jason Compson III → residence → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
Compson → associatedWithPlace → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Compson family → setIn → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
Grierson family → associatedWithPlace → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jefferson, Mississippi (fictional)
Gavin Stevens → residence → Jefferson, Mississippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jefferson, Mississippi (fictional)