Mystery and Manners

Mystery and Manners
Title Mystery and Manners PDF eBook
Author Flannery O'Connor
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 254
Release 1969
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780374508043

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The essays and articles in this volume are concerned mainly with the art of fiction--its quality, in regional writing; its nature and its aims; and its relatino to the writer's religion.




Mystery and Manners

Mystery and Manners
Title Mystery and Manners PDF eBook
Author Flannery O'Connor
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 249
Release 1969
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0374217920

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This collection shows Flannery O'Connor's extraordinary versatility and expertise as a practitioner of the essayistic form. The book opens with "The King of the Birds", her famous account of raising peacocks. There are three essays on regional writing, two on teaching literature, and four on the writer and religion. Essays such as "The Nature and Aim of Fiction" and "Writing Short Stories" are gems, and their value to the contemporary reader -- and writer -- is inestimable. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.




Mystery and Manners

Mystery and Manners
Title Mystery and Manners PDF eBook
Author Flannery O'Connor
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages 254
Release 1969
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1466829044

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At her death in 1964, O'Connor left behind a body of unpublished essays and lectures as well as a number of critical articles that had appeared in scattered publications during her too-short lifetime. The keen writings comprising Mystery and Manners, selected and edited by O'Connor's lifelong friends Sally and Robert Fitzgerald, are characterized by the directness and simplicity of the author's style, a fine-tuned wit, understated perspicacity, and profound faith. The book opens with "The King of the Birds," her famous account of raising peacocks at her home in Milledgeville, Georgia. Also included are: three essays on regional writing, including "The Fiction Writer and His Country" and "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction"; two pieces on teaching literature, including "Total Effect and the 8th Grade"; and four articles concerning the writer and religion, including "The Catholic Novel in the Protestant South." Essays such as "The Nature and Aim of Fiction" and "Writing Short Stories" are widely seen as gems. This bold and brilliant essay-collection is a must for all readers, writers, and students of contemporary American literature.




Conversations with Flannery O'Connor

Conversations with Flannery O'Connor
Title Conversations with Flannery O'Connor PDF eBook
Author Flannery O'Connor
Publisher Univ. Press of Mississippi
Pages 160
Release 1987
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780878052646

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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. Dr. Rosemary M. Magee is Vice President and Secretary of the University at Emory University.




The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O'Connor

The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O'Connor
Title The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O'Connor PDF eBook
Author Flannery O'Connor
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Pages 206
Release 2008-03-01
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0820331392

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During the 1950s and early 1960s Flannery O'Connor wrote more than a hundred book reviews for two Catholic diocesan newspapers in Georgia. This full collection of these reviews nearly doubles the number that have appeared in print elsewhere and represents a significant body of primary materials from the O'Connor canon. We find in the reviews the same personality so vividly apparent in her fiction and her lectures--the unique voice of the artist that is one clear sign of genius. Her spare precision, her humor, her extraordinary ability to permit readers to see deeply into complex and obscure truths-all are present in these reviews and letters.




The King of the Birds

The King of the Birds
Title The King of the Birds PDF eBook
Author Acree Graham Macam
Publisher Groundwood Books Ltd
Pages 44
Release 2016-09-01
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1554989906

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A young girl brings home a peacock, but he refuses to show off his colorful tail! Inspired by the life of Flannery O'Connor. In this picture book, inspired by the life of Flannery O’Connor, a young fan of fowl brings home a peacock to be the king of her collection, but he refuses to show off his colorful tail. The girl goes to great lengths to encourage the peacock to display his plumage — she throws him a party, lets him play in the fig tree, feeds him flowers and stages a parade — all to no avail. Then she finally stumbles on the perfect solution. When she introduces the queen of the birds — a peahen — to her collection, the peacock immediately displays his glorious shimmering tail. This delightful story, full of humor and heart, celebrates the legacy of a great American writer. Includes an author’s note about Flannery O’Connor. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.




The Habit of Being

The Habit of Being
Title The Habit of Being PDF eBook
Author Flannery O'Connor
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 644
Release 1988-08
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780374521042

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Contains letters written by Flannery O'Connor.