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Tag: Flannery O’Connor

114. (Joy Williams)

When a short story is successful, a reader ends it feeling certain that it could not have been a novel … More

American Literature, Flannery O'Connor, Joy Williams, Short Story

53. (Flannery O’Connor)

Irony, so common, sets her apart. She is ironic without archness, without super-subtlety, without glib or coy superiority, without contempt, … More

Flannery O'Connor, Irony, Prose, Short Story
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