Yoknapatawpha (English spelling)

Japanese: ヨクナパトーファ(英語表記)Yoknapatawpha
Yoknapatawpha (English spelling)
A fictional place that serves as the backdrop for most of the works of American author W. Faulkner. It is said to be the name of a county in the northeastern part of Mississippi. The county seat is called Jefferson, but the town and county are modeled on Oxford and Lafayette counties, where Faulkner spent most of his life. He first used the name of the county in 1929 when he wrote the first draft of Sanctuary, and it became a symbolic setting for his important works, including The Sound and the Fury (1929), Light in August (1932), and Absalom, Absalom! (1936).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
アメリカの作家W.フォークナーの大部分の作品の背景となる架空の土地。ミシシッピ州北寄りの郡の名まえとされる。郡庁の所在地はジェファソンと呼ばれているが,この町と郡はフォークナーが生涯の大部分を過ごしたオックスフォードとラフィエット郡がモデルになっている。1929年《聖域》の第一稿を書いたときこの郡の名まえを初めて用いたが,《響きと怒り》(1929),《八月の光》(1932),《アブサロム,アブサロム!》(1936)を含む重要作品の象徴的な舞台となった。

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