Over at Salon.com a new Flannery O’Connor biography was reviewed. I was surprised to learn of the animosity between her and Carson McCullers. Having studied Southern Gothic Literature in college I was happy to read this review of her biography. It mentions G. K. Chesterton in passing, relating his Catholic faith to Ms. O’Connor’s. Here [...]
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A Flannery O’Connor biography reviewed on Salon.com
Posted in Literary Hirsutes, tagged 20th Century American Literature, American Southern Gothic Literature, Flannery O'Connor, G.K. Chesterton, Salon.com on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton
Posted in Literary Hirsutes, tagged Autobiography, English Writers, G.K. Chesterton on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have never read anything of Mr. Chesterton’s until this book. I read somewhere of his friendship with Hilaire Belloc and I thought I would give this one a try over anything else out there. I was pleasantly suprised throughout. Mr. Chesterton, in his grand manner, fought all the dipstick, penny philosphers of his day and he [...]
