what does the Flannery OConnor belonged to ?”
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. O’Connor’s body of work was small, consisting of only thirty-one stories, two novels, and some speeches and letters. Flannery O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, the only child of a Catholic family. The region was part of the ‘Christ-haunted’ Bible belt of the Southern States. The spiritual heritage of the region shaped profoundly O’Connor’s writing as described in her essay “The Catholic Novelist in the Protestant South” (1969). O’Connor’s father, Edward F. O’Connor, was a realtor owner. He worked later for a construction company and died in 1941. Her mother, Regina L. (Cline) O’Connor, came from a prominent family in the state – her father had been a mayor of Milledgeville for many years. When O’Connor was
Flannery O’Connor belonged to the Southern Gothic tradition that focused on the decaying South and its damned people. O’Connor’s body of work was small, consisting of only thirty-one stories, two novels, and some speeches and letters. “Does one’s integrity ever lie in what he is not able to do? I think that usually it does, for free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man, Freedom cannot be conceived simply.” (from Wise Blood, 1952) Flannery O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia, the only child of a Catholic family. The region was part of the ‘Christ-haunted’ Bible belt of the Southern States. The spiritual heritage of the region shaped profoundly O’Connor’s writing as described in her essay “The Catholic Novelist in the Protestant South” (1969). O’Connor’s father, Edward F. O’Connor, was a realtor owner. He worked later for a construction company and died in 1941. Her mother, Regina L. (Cline) O’Connor, came from a prominent family in the state – her father
