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Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor

Born March 25, 1925 · Died August 3, 1964

From Savannah, Georgia, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction and nonfiction

Wikipedia

O'Connor was American writer, particularly acclaimed for her stories which combined comic with tragic and brutal. Along with authors like Carson McCullers and Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor belonged to the Southern Gothic tradition that focused on the decaying South and its damned people.

Quotes

  • “Mrs. May’s bedroom window was low and faced on the east and the bull, silvered in the moonlight, stood under it, his head raised as if he listened-like some patient god come down to woo her-for a stir inside the room.”
    beginning of the story "Greenleaf" in Everything That Rises Must Converge 1965
  • “Besides the neutral expression that she wore when she was alone, Mrs. Freeman had two others, forward and reverse, that she used for all her human dealings.”
    A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
  • “Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn’t write fiction. It isn’t grand enough for you.”
    "The Nature and Aim of Fiction"
  • “The beginning of human knowledge is through the senses, and the fiction writer begins where the human perception begins. He appeals through the senses, and you cannot appeal through the senses with abstractions.”
    "The Nature and Aim of Fiction"
  • “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally.”
    from letters

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Flannery O'Connor in order

Books by Flannery O'Connor in the order they were published, from New World Writing (1952) to Misterium I Maniery (2020).

  1. 1New World WritingNew World Writing1952
  2. 2Wise BloodWise Blood1952
  3. 33by Flannery O'conner Wise Blood a Good Man Is Hard to Find 3by Flannery O'conner Wise Blood a Good Man Is Hard to Find the Violent Bear It Away in 1 Volume1955
  4. 4A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other StoriesA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories1955
  5. 5The Artificial NiggerThe Artificial Nigger1957
  6. 6The Violent Bear It AnywayThe Violent Bear It Anyway1960
  7. 7The Violent Bear It AwayThe Violent Bear It Away1960
  8. 8Death of a ChildDeath of a Child1961
  9. 9O'Connor, Three by FlanneryO'Connor, Three by Flannery1964
  10. 10Everything That Rises Must ConvergeEverything That Rises Must Converge1965
  11. 11Romans, Nouvelles, Essais, CorrespondanceRomans, Nouvelles, Essais, Correspondance2009
  12. 12NovelasNovelas2011
  13. 13A Prayer JournalA Prayer Journal2013
  14. 14Good Things Out of NazarethGood Things Out of Nazareth2019
  15. 15Misterium I ManieryMisterium I Maniery2020
  16. 16Cliffsnotes Flannery O'Connor's Short StoriesCliffsnotes Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories
  17. 17Collected WorksCollected Works
  18. 18Conversations with Flannery O'ConnorConversations with Flannery O'Connor
  19. 19Mystery and MannersMystery and Manners
  20. 20The Complete StoriesThe Complete Stories
  21. 21The Correspondence of Flannery O'Connor and the Brainard CheThe Correspondence of Flannery O'Connor and the Brainard Cheneys
  22. 22The Habit of BeingThe Habit of Being
  23. 23The Presence of Grace, and Other Book ReviewsThe Presence of Grace, and Other Book Reviews
  24. 24Three by Flannery O'ConnorThree by Flannery O'Connor

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