Title: Flannery O'Connor : a memorial /
Authors: Quinn, John Joseph.
Publisher: University of Scranton Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: O'Connor, Flannery Criticism and interpretation.; Women and literature Southern States History
Abstract: The material in this book has a long and interesting history. It all began back in 1964 when Fr. John J. Quinn, S.J., moderator of the new University of Scranton literary journal called Esprit, learned that Flannery O'Connor, the American essayist and short story writer, had died after a lingering illness. Since he was enthusiastic about her and her work, he hit upon the idea of dedicating an issue of Esprit in her memory. So he set about contacting a large number of distinguished American literary figures and soliciting from them a tribute to Flannery. He received a large number of replies, some brief, some extended, but all respectful and illuminating of her work. Among those represented were Brother Antoninus, Saul Bellow, Cleanth Brooks, Walter Burghardt, Harold Gardiner, Thomas Merton, Walker Percy, Eudora Welty, Katherine Ann Porter and Robert Penn Warren.