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Flannery
Brad Gooch
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Description for Flannery
paperback. The first major biography of one of the greatest writers of the South, whose books will 'live on and on in American literature' (Elizabeth Bishop). Num Pages: 480 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 450.
The landscape of American literature was fundamentally changed when Flannery O'Connor stepped onto the scene with her first published book, Wise Blood, in 1952. Her fierce, sometimes comic novels and stories reflected the darkly funny, vibrant, and theologically sophisticated woman who wrote them.
Brad Gooch brings to life O'Connor's significant friendships - with Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Hardwick, Walker Percy and James Dickey among others - and her deeply felt convictions, as expressed in her communications with Thomas Merton, Elizabeth Bishop, and Betty Hester. Hester was famously known as 'A' in O'Connor's collected letters, The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780316018999
SKU
V9780316018999
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About Brad Gooch
Brad Gooch is the author of the acclaimed biography of Frank O'Hara, City Poet, as well as other nonfiction and three novels. The recipient of National Endowment for the Humanities and Guggenheim fellowships, he earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University and is Professor of English at William Paterson University in New Jersey.
Reviews for Flannery
Gooch is a perceptive guide to O'Connor's work and life, which until now have remained hidden behind the fence of her mother's 550-acre farm, where O'Connor lived as a 'hermit novelist
from the age of 26’
- TELEGRAPH 'Skilful in marshalling the often humdrum details of O'Connor's life into a readable narrative, Gooch has produced as good a ... Read more
from the age of 26’
- TELEGRAPH 'Skilful in marshalling the often humdrum details of O'Connor's life into a readable narrative, Gooch has produced as good a ... Read more