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Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964)

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Flannery O'Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia. She had a quiet, bookish life as a child before attending Georgia State College for Women and going on tot he Writers Workshop at the State University of Iowa, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree. Her 1949 dissertation consisted of six näytä lisää short stories, one of which she developed into her first novel, Wise Blood (1952). Wise Blood is the story of a fanatical, wandering preacher who sets out to found a "church of truth without Jesus Christ crucified." The book introduces some of the religious themes that run throughout O'Connor's later work. Her second novel, The Violent Bear It Away (1960), is the story of murder involving a Tennessee backwoods preacher and a small boy. Once again, O'Connor explores unusual manifestation of religion and human eccentricities. Although O'Connor produced only a small body of work during her relatively brief lifetime, she has received much critical attention. O'Connor suffered from lupus, an inherited disease, which crippled her and cut short her life, and so her creative work was largely compressed within a decade of the 1950's. Her father also dies of Lupus when she was 15 years old. O'Connor is frequently praised as being the most creative and distinctive writer of this period. The two most notable aspects of her fiction are its religious themes and its commentary on the oppressive traditions of the mid-twentieth-century Deep South. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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(eng) There are two different versions of the book Three (or 3). They both contain Wise Blood and The Violent Will Bear It Away, and some contain A Good Man Is Hard to Find while others contain Everything That Rises Must Converge. Please be conscious of this difference when adding or combining works. If you own an edition of Three, please make sure it is combined with the correct work, and please do not combine the two separate works entitled Three (or 3).

Tekijän teokset

Complete Stories (1971) 6,643 kappaletta
Wise Blood (1952) 3,818 kappaletta
The Violent Bear It Away (1960) 1,761 kappaletta
Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works (1988) 1,547 kappaletta
A Prayer Journal (2013) 418 kappaletta
Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons (2012) 85 kappaletta
Seven Contemporary Short Novels [second edition] (1969) — Avustaja — 35 kappaletta
A Memoir of Mary Ann (1961) 32 kappaletta
O'Connor 22 kappaletta
Good Country People 18 kappaletta
The Lame Shall Enter First (1962) 15 kappaletta
Novelas (2011) 12 kappaletta
Dommens dag : noveller (1971) 10 kappaletta
The Life You Save May Be Your Own (2015) 10 kappaletta
Revelation (2005) 9 kappaletta
Um diario de preces (2014) 8 kappaletta
O Céu é dos Violentos (2014) 7 kappaletta
Palava kehä (1984) 6 kappaletta
Flannery O'Connor Short Stories (1995) 5 kappaletta
Sangue Sábio (1990) 4 kappaletta
Antologia Indispensável (1996) 4 kappaletta
Parker's Back 4 kappaletta
La buena gente del campo (1955) 4 kappaletta
Mon mal vient de plus loin. (1968) 4 kappaletta
Diario di preghiera (2016) 3 kappaletta
The River 3 kappaletta
A Memoir of Mary Ann 3 kappaletta
Punto Omega (2022) 3 kappaletta
Diario de oración (2018) 3 kappaletta
Judgement Day 3 kappaletta
Her Cikisin Bir Inisi Vardir (2011) 3 kappaletta
The Province of Joy 2 kappaletta
Death of a Child (1961) 2 kappaletta
Ei otsikkoa 2 kappaletta
Gli storpi entreranno per primi (1991) 2 kappaletta
The Comforts of Home 2 kappaletta
Tots els contes (2011) 2 kappaletta
Il geranio e altre storie (2023) 2 kappaletta
The Displaced Person 2 kappaletta
Tutti i racconti Vol. 1 (2001) 2 kappaletta
Tutti i racconti. Vol 2 (2001) 2 kappaletta
BRA FOLK FRÅN LANDET (1981) 2 kappaletta
“Revelation” 1 kappale
Journal de prière (2019) 1 kappale
The Peeler 1 kappale
The Train 1 kappale
The Turkey 1 kappale
The Crop 1 kappale
Wildcat 1 kappale
The Barber 1 kappale
The Geranium 1 kappale
La Récolte 1 kappale
Home of the Brave (1981) 1 kappale
Bilge Kan (2015) 1 kappale
The Complete Stories (1983) 1 kappale
Displaced Person 1 kappale
Nel territorio del diavolo (1998) 1 kappale
[Tutti i racconti] 2 (1994) 1 kappale
Contos de Crime 1 kappale
Freedom Fries (2004) 1 kappale

Associated Works

The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000) — Avustaja — 1,552 kappaletta
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005) — Avustaja — 1,211 kappaletta
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (1992) — Avustaja — 743 kappaletta
The Dark Descent (1987) — Avustaja — 719 kappaletta
The Oxford Book of Short Stories (1981) — Avustaja — 510 kappaletta
The World of the Short Story: A 20th Century Collection (1986) — Avustaja — 461 kappaletta
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000) — Avustaja — 452 kappaletta
The Granta Book of the American Short Story (1992) — Avustaja — 368 kappaletta
Women & Fiction: Short Stories By and About Women (1975) — Avustaja — 365 kappaletta
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (2015) — Avustaja — 282 kappaletta
The Treasury of American Short Stories (1981) — Avustaja — 267 kappaletta
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (2007) — Avustaja — 211 kappaletta
We Are the Stories We Tell (1990) — Avustaja — 193 kappaletta
The Norton Book of Personal Essays (1997) — Avustaja — 142 kappaletta
Mistresses of the Dark [Anthology] (1998) — Avustaja — 121 kappaletta
The Signet Classic Book of Southern Short Stories (1991) — Avustaja — 121 kappaletta
The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (1996) — Avustaja — 117 kappaletta
Downhome: An Anthology of Southern Women Writers (1995) — Avustaja — 115 kappaletta
The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology (1997) — Avustaja — 98 kappaletta
American Short Stories (1976) — Avustaja, eräät painokset95 kappaletta
The Oxford Book of Travel Stories (1996) — Avustaja — 74 kappaletta
Eyes to See (2008) — Avustaja — 71 kappaletta
Great Esquire Fiction (1983) — Avustaja — 70 kappaletta
Ross Macdonald Selects Great Stories of Suspense (1974) — Avustaja — 69 kappaletta
200 Years of Great American Short Stories (1975) — Avustaja — 68 kappaletta
The Medusa in the Shield (1990) — Avustaja — 63 kappaletta
Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural (2000) — Avustaja — 57 kappaletta
The Vintage Book of American Women Writers (2011) — Avustaja — 56 kappaletta
Art of Fiction (1967) — Avustaja — 51 kappaletta
Prejudice: A Story Collection (1995) — Avustaja — 40 kappaletta
Southern Dogs and Their People (2000) — Avustaja — 39 kappaletta
Literary Savannah (1998) — Avustaja — 39 kappaletta
Fifty Best American Short Stories 1915-1965 (1965) — Avustaja — 36 kappaletta
The Secret Self: A Century of Short Stories by Women (1995) — Avustaja — 33 kappaletta
American Gothic Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Avustaja — 32 kappaletta
Birds in the Hand: Fiction and Poetry about Birds (2004) — Avustaja — 32 kappaletta
The Best American Short Stories 1979 (1979) — Avustaja — 25 kappaletta
One World of Literature (1992) — Avustaja — 24 kappaletta
Eyes to See, Volume Two (2008) — Avustaja — 24 kappaletta
Wise Blood : Levoton veri (2009) — Original story — 22 kappaletta
The Best Horror Stories (1977) — Avustaja — 22 kappaletta
On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics (2012) — Avustaja, eräät painokset20 kappaletta
The Best American Short Stories 1966 (1966) — Avustaja — 17 kappaletta
The Best American Short Stories 1956 (1956) — Avustaja — 17 kappaletta
Family: Stories from the Interior (1987) — Avustaja — 15 kappaletta
Robert Penn Warren talking: Interviews, 1950-1978 (1980) — Interviewed — 14 kappaletta
The living novel, a symposium (1957) — Avustaja — 14 kappaletta
Story to Anti-Story (1979) — Avustaja — 13 kappaletta
The Best American Short Stories 1955 (1955) — Avustaja — 13 kappaletta
Twenty-Nine Stories (1960) — Avustaja — 13 kappaletta
The Best American Short Stories 1962 (1962) — Avustaja — 12 kappaletta
New World Writing: First Mentor Selection (1952) — Avustaja — 11 kappaletta
Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women (1984) — Avustaja — 10 kappaletta
Writer to Writer: Readings on the Craft of Writing (1966) — Avustaja — 8 kappaletta
The Best American Short Stories 1957 (1957) — Avustaja — 7 kappaletta
Prize Stories 1963: The O. Henry Awards (1963) — Avustaja — 6 kappaletta
The Best American Short Stories 1958 (1958) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta
Short Fiction: Shape and Substance (1971) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
Moderne Amerikaanse verhalen — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
Enjoying Stories (1987) — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
New World Writing 19 (1961) — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
Introduction to Fiction (1974) — Avustaja — 1 kappale

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Yleistieto

Kanoninen nimi
O'Connor, Flannery
Virallinen nimi
O'Connor, Mary Flannery
Syntymäaika
1925-03-25
Kuolinaika
1964-08-03
Hautapaikka
Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
USA
Syntymäpaikka
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Kuolinpaikka
Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
Kuolinsyy
complications of lupus
Asuinpaikat
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
Redding, Connecticut, USA
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Koulutus
University of Iowa (MFA|1947)
Georgia State College for Women (BA|1945)
Peabody Laboratory School
Ammatit
novelist
essayist
reviewer
Suhteet
Lytle, Andrew (teacher)
Organisaatiot
Yaddo
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
Georgia Women of Achievement (1992)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1957)
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
National Book Award for Fiction (1972)
Erotteluhuomautus
There are two different versions of the book Three (or 3). They both contain Wise Blood and The Violent Will Bear It Away, and some contain A Good Man Is Hard to Find while others contain Everything That Rises Must Converge. Please be conscious of this difference when adding or combining works. If you own an edition of Three, please make sure it is combined with the correct work, and please do not combine the two separate works entitled Three (or 3).

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Flannery O'Connor, Legacy Libraries (kesäkuu 2022)
August 2021: Flannery O'Connor, Monthly Author Reads (syyskuu 2021)
Group Read, June 2018: The Violent Bear it Away, 1001 Books to read before you die (elokuu 2018)

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I'm giving this five stars not because it's without flaws, but because there just isn't a bad story in this collection. Just under twenty years of work in this volume, and it's just--extraordinary. My current favorite might be "Good Country People" in large part because of how unusual it is in her oeuvre to write a character like Hulga, and how skillfully she does it.
 
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localgayangel | 66 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 5, 2024 |
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How interesting would it be to read an incomplete partial manuscript by an author who had written only two novels and a couple of collections of short stories? That's the first thought that came into my mind when considering this book. But I should have been less skeptical since it turned out to be both very interesting and quite an enjoyable read.
In contrast to my skepticism of reading a partial manuscript, as an ex-Catholic I am still somewhat intrigued by some of the more steadfast Catholics authors like Walker Percy, Graham Green and O'Connor whose fiction reflects the stresses and tension between their religious ideology and their more secularist view of the world. Combine that with O'Connor's southern cultural environment, along with the racial turmoil of the 1950s and 60s that permeated that environment, and you can end up with literary mush rather than insightful literary writing. Fortunately this work reflects aspects of the latter rather than the former.
Jessica Horton Wilson has done an excellent job of illuminating O'Connor's literary genius and reflecting how her writing was intimately tied to her short and very limited lifestyle. You learn as much about Flannery as a person and writer as you do about what this fragmentary manuscript might have turned into if O'Connor's early illness and death had not been such a determinative force.
This study is also complemented by 7 excellent linoleum cut prints by Steve Prince an exceptionally gifted young artist. Each of the illustrations very vividly captures a powerful and insightful scene in the manuscript. This book is an excellent addition to any Flannery O'Connor or literary collection.
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Jak_Z | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 27, 2024 |
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As someone who likes Flannery O'Connor's writing, I was glad to win this book of her unfinished third novel, Why Do the Heathen Rage? Unfortunately, because it was unfinished, and unorganized, we are given snippets of the fragments. I enjoyed the snippets, but I wish the author, Jessica Hooten Wilson, had told us how much of the manuscript was given to us in her book. I'm not sure, as I'm sure Wilson wasn't sure, and O'Connor wasn't sure, how this story would have unfolded, but Wilson does not really elaborate on how she organized the fragments given to us, and I would have liked more information on the manuscripts themselves, and if there was any chronological order to them. Wilson does mention that several parts of the manuscript were rewritten, however. The fragments whetted my appetite and wish that O'Connor had been able to finish this work. I did not like Wilson's attempt to finish the story in a way that she felt it might work out, especially using an excerpt from another of O'Connor's works, The Violent Bear It Away; I doubt O'Connor would have repeated a scene from another novel of hers, but would have tried for something different. Instead, I would have just liked, instead, all the parts of the manuscript that hadn't been presented earlier in the novel to be presented to us in an appendix (unless all parts had already been presented--Wilson doesn't make clear how much of the unfinished novel she has provided us with). I'm not sure, either, of Wilson's conclusions that O'Connor didn't know how to finish this novel because she wasn't able to get into the perspective of black characters. I'm not sure if that was O'Connor's intention, anyway. O'Connor had her specific audience in mind, which seems to be white people who could tend to be racist, etc., and so her intent was to change white people's views--but not necessarily about social issues, but, rather, spiritual perspectives. I did like Wilson's ending discussion of Mrs. Turpin and how we as humans have both "heathen" and "saint", both "hog" and "human." This is a good addition to the O'Connor canon, but I wish Wilson had provided more context about the manuscripts themselves and O'Connor's writing than her own comments about them.… (lisätietoja)
 
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vangogan | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 17, 2024 |
Delightfully, deliciously grotesque. However I would have liked Hazel Motes to have been at least partially successful in his "Church Without Christ." O'Connor's point is undercut somewhat by the derision Haze gets for his efforts.
I think I prefer O'Connor's short stories to this. Honestly, a little smug Catholicism goes a long way.
 
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ethorwitz | 111 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 3, 2024 |

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