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Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose | Flannery O'Connor
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This bold and brilliant collection is a must for all readers, writers, and students of American literatureWhen she died in 1964, Flannery O'Connor left behind a body of unpublished essays and lectures as well as a number of critical articles that had appeared in scattered publications during her lifetime. The brilliant pieces in Mystery and Manners, selected and edited by O'Connor's lifelong friends Sally and Robert Fitzgerald, are characterized by the boldness and simplicity of her 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. There are three essays on regional writing, including "The Fiction Writer and His Country" and "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction"; two on teaching literature, including "Total Effect and the Eighth Grade"; and four on 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 gems. Their value to the contemporary reader--and writer--is inestimable.
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JoScho Love her! 4y
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m.galehuxley
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I‘m reading a good book, have several potential good books in my TBR stack, bought a few yesterday, and now I found this one at Goodwill. I‘m getting overwhelmed! 😆 I just want to read them all at once, but I‘ve found, I am truly a monogamous reader.

tif Ooooooh! Good find! My current library pile is getting out of hand too 😁 6y
m.galehuxley @tif I didn‘t know this book existed! I‘m so excited to read her essays on writing. 6y
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This book was meh for me. Flannery O'Connor is one of my favorite authors, so learning more about her writing process was interesting. That being said, I disagreed with a lot of things, especially the dismissive tone that often popped up. I'm glad I read this book though, and I'm in love with that cover!

EllieDottie I love the watercolor on this cover!! 6y
sunnyaltman @EllieDottie I agree, it is stunning! 6y
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WhatStaceyReads
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Sunday morning with Flannery and peppermint mocha.

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WhatStaceyReads
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Now starting this one thanks to @thereadingwomen podcast. It's my first Flannery, and maybe not the best place to start, but it's far less daunting than the copy of her collected works.

thereadingwomen It‘s actually not a bad place to start. 😊 Her smaller collections are also a good place to start for her nonfiction. - A 6y
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AdeleReads Second time I've encountered this quote this week! Must be some kind of sign/mean I need to heed Flannery's words :) https://www.reliefjournal.com/relief-journal/2017/7/10/the-shape-of-humility 7y
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These two #classics are written by the two authors that are the guiding spirit of and inspiration for this podcast. Flannery and Virginia have shaped the way Kendra and I view the world and we knew there had to be more recent authors doing the same thing. We were right. In the last year, we have read so many incredible books and are looking forward to another year of fantastic reads.⠀

#ReadingWomenMonth

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EllieDottie
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These are my covers with #fruit on them! #maybookflowers

saresmoore I just love this series of Flannery O'Connor covers! 7y
RealLifeReading Lovely! 7y
EllieDottie @saresmoore I know me too!! 7y
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mwgerard
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The back porch of Flannery O'Connor's childhood home. #savannah

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"When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville."

Josh surprised me with a weekend trip to Milledgeville. I think he's a keeper. It was so amazing to see the farm and house I've heard so much about. You can tell how much the setting informed her writing. Can't you just see her sitting on this porch entertaining visitors from all over? -A

BookishMarginalia Nice! Enjoy! And yes, keep! 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Awesome! Definite keeper! 8y
Tav I went to Midgeville a few years ago and it was a marvelous experience. 8y
Sasha728 How sweet!! Definitely a keeper!! 8y
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Some more gorgeous covers came into the store today!

Biljana Oh, the covers! 😍 8y
Heideschrampf Wooow, the joyce is gorgeous! 8y
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"You tell a story because a statement would be inadequate."

#bookquote #greatquotes

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kdwinchester
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That moment when you're about to read your partner in feminist bookish chaos's favorite author. Pretty sure the peacock is even @autumnprivett 's spirit animal.

autumnprivett Most assuredly! (Why is there no peacock emoji???) 8y
BookishFeminist Flannery O'Connor! 💜💙💚 She's one of my absolute favorite's too! 8y
DitrieMarieBowie I used to live in her home town, and she was required reading for all the local high schoolers. LOVE her. Her old house is a museum in downtown Savannah, and there's another one in a Georgia town called Milledgeville. My brother's a composer and wrote a piece in her honor, too. 8y
kdwinchester @DitrieMarieBowie I am about halfway through and am growing to love her already. She's hilarious! I def need to make the sojourn to the Flannery Meccas. 😁 8y
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This collection is an excellent summary of Flannery's theology and general worldview. She's a wonderful thinker and this posthumous collection of essays and lectures show that.

LyndseyReads I agree. I just read this last year along with her newly published journal. Reading her philosophy added a whole other understanding of her fiction for me. 8y
autumnprivett @LyndseyReads Exactly. Her non fiction is really the key to understanding her fiction. 8y
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