| Conversations with Flannery Oaconnor Contributor(s): Magee, Rosemary M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0878052658 ISBN-13: 9780878052653 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1987 Annotation: Collections of interviews with notable modern writers |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 86022381 |
| Series: Literary Conversations |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.02" W x 9.1" (0.59 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As this collection of interviews shows, Flannery O'Connor's fiction, though bound to a particular time and place, embodies and reveals universal ideas. O'Connor's curiosity about human nature and its various manifestations compelled her to explore mysterious places in the mind and heart. Despite her short life and prolonged illness, O'Connor was interviewed in a variety of times and locations. The circumstances of the interviews did not seem to matter much to O'Connor; her approach and demeanor remained consistent. Her self-knowledge was always apparent, in her confidence in herself, in her enterprise as a writer, and in her beliefs. She could penetrate the surfaces; she could see things in depth. Her perceptions were wide-ranging and insightful. Her interviews, given sparingly but with careful reflection and precision, make a unique contribution to an understanding of her fiction and to the evolving narrative of her short but influential life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Magee, Rosemary M.: - Rosemary M. Magee is associate dean of Emory College and is editor of Friendship and Sympathy: Communities of Southern Women Writers and Conversations with Flannery O'Connor, both published by University Press of Mississippi. |