Flannery O'Connor  (1925-1964) LINKS The Flannery O'Connor Collection http://library.gcsu.edu/~sc/foc.html Constructed by Georgia College and State University, O'Connor's alma mater, this site is the best online source for students studying O'Connor's work. For researching a paper on O'Connor, there is an excellent bibliography of scholarly books and articles. In addition to looking at answers to frequently asked questions about O'Connor, you may also join a scholarly discussion list that will allow you to post questions to experts about O'Connor's life and writings. Tin Jesus: The Intellectual in Selected Short Fiction of Flannery O'Connor http://sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu/~jmitchel/flannery.htm Written by a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Mississippi at Oxford, this essay is an in-depth discussion of a central theme in O'Connor's fiction. This site may be useful if you are interested in this theme for your own paper on O'Connor or if you want to look at a model of a scholarly paper on O'Connor written by an advanced student of literature. Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home Foundation http://ils.unc.edu/flannery/ This page includes biographical information, a selected bibliography, links to other O'Connor-related sites, and photographs and information on O'Connor's childhood home in Georgia. The Literary World and the Real World of Flannery O'Connor http://www.uwstout.edu/english/peacock.htm This student-run Web site contains useful links to criticism on O'Connor organized by category — biographical materials, criticism of O'Connor's novels, criticism of her short stories, and criticisms on the religious themes in O'Connor's work. A great place to start your research. BIOGRAPHY Flannery O'Conner (1925-1964). Afflicted with lupus erythematosus, O'Connor spent most of her tragically short life in Milledgeville, Georgia. She began writing while a student at Georgia State College for Women in her hometown and in 1947 earned an M.F.A. degree from the University of Iowa. Back in Milledgeville, she lived on a farm with her mother, raised peacocks, and endured the indignity of constant treatment for her progressive and incurable disease. She traveled and lectured when she could. She wrote two novels, Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960), and two collections of stories, A Good Man Is Hard to Find (1955) and Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965). She was deeply religious, and wrote numerous book reviews for Catholic newspapers. Her southern gothic tales often force readers to confront physical deformity, spiritual depravity, and the violence they often engender.

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