What setting did William Faulkner use in his fictional books?

William Faulkner primarily set his fictional works in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi.

While Faulkner used this setting for most of his novels and stories, he also wrote works set in other locations:

* New Orleans, Louisiana: "The Wild Palms"

* The American South during the Civil War: "The Unvanquished"

* The American South during World War I: "Soldier's Pay"

* Europe during World War I: "A Farewell to Arms" (although he wrote this under the pen name Charles J. Faulkner)

However, Yoknapatawpha County remains the central and most significant setting in Faulkner's work. It became a microcosm of the South, where he explored themes of race, history, family, and the legacy of the past. The county and its inhabitants, like the fictional town of Jefferson, became symbols of the complex and enduring struggles of the South.