{"product_id":"the-letters-of-flannery-oconnor-and-caroline-gordon-hardcover","title":"The Letters of Flannery O'Connor and Caroline Gordon - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Flanagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This girl is a real novelist,\" wrote Caroline Gordon about Flannery O'Connor upon being asked to review a manuscript of O'Connor's first novel, \u003ci\u003eWise Blood\u003c\/i\u003e. \"She is already a rare phenomenon: a Catholic novelist with a real dramatic sense, one who relies more on her technique than her piety.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of letters and other documents offers the most complete portrait of the relationship between two of the American South's most acclaimed twentieth-century writers: Flannery O'Connor and Caroline Gordon. Gordon (1895-1981) had herself been a protégée of an important novelist, Ford Madox Ford, before publishing nine novels and three short story collections of her own, most notably, \u003ci\u003eThe Forest of the South \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOld Red and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and she would offer insights and friendship to O'Connor during almost all of O'Connor's career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs revealed in this collection of correspondence, Gordon's thirteen-year friendship with O'Connor (1925-64) and the critiques of O'Connor's fiction that she wrote during this time not only fostered each writer's career but occasioned a remarkable series of letters full of insights about the craft of writing. Gordon, a more established writer at the start of their correspondence, acted as a mentor to the younger O'Connor and their letters reveal Gordon's strong hand in shaping some of O'Connor's most acclaimed work, including \u003ci\u003eWise Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \"A Good Man Is Hard to Find,\" and \"The Displaced Person.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHRISTINE FLANAGAN is a professor of English at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. A recipient of the Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching, Flanagan is a faculty member in the University Honors Program, faculty advisor for the \u003ci\u003eElixir\u003c\/i\u003e (the USciences' literary journal), and coordinator of the Misher Festival of Fine Arts and Humanities. She lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 9.66 x 7.77 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468516475133,"sku":"9780820354088","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/SkFzb09Qb3JGeW85V29VQkZQblgyZz09.webp?v=1777290319","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-letters-of-flannery-oconnor-and-caroline-gordon-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}