id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9045 Yoknapatawpha County - Wikipedia .html text/html 940 150 74 Fictional Mississippi county created by William Faulkner Yoknapatawpha County (/jɒknəpəˈtɔːfə/) is a fictional Mississippi county created by the American author William Faulkner, largely based upon and inspired by Lafayette County, Mississippi, and its county seat of Oxford, Mississippi (which Faulkner renamed Jefferson). From Sartoris onwards, Faulkner set all but three of his novels in the county (Pylon, The Wild Palms and A Fable were set elsewhere), as well as over 50 of his stories.[1] Absalom, Absalom! includes a map of Yoknapatawpha County drawn by Faulkner.[2] Jesmyn Ward, who is the only woman to win the National Book Award twice for fiction,[6] drew upon Faulkner for Bois Savage, where she placed her three novels.[7] "Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County: Geographical Fact into Fiction". "Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County: A Place in the American South". A Faulkner Glossary: Yoknapatawpha County Map ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9045.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9045.txt