As Nancy K. Butterworth writes in the
Dictionary of Literary Biography, "The core concern of her fiction is the fallen state of modern humanity unaware of its need for redemption."
Most, if not all, of O'Connor's stories, including "Everything that Rises Must Converge," are set in the South. Born in Savannah and raised in Milledgeville, the pre-Civil War capital of Georgia, O'Connor spent the majority of her life near her hometown. Her experiences as a Southerner, a woman, a member of a historically wealthy family, and a Catholic in a Protestant region deeply influenced her writing. Her mother, Regina Cline O'Connor, was from a wealthy Georgia family concerned with traditional Southern appearances. She took great pains to maintain her family's reputation for gentility and class and was occasionally scandalized by the subject matter of O'Connor's stories. She was not alone, as many of O'Connor's readers and critics were baffled and even offended by the bizarre violence and inhumanity present in her fiction.
Biography
Flannery O'connor
Mary Flannery O'Connor was born March 25, 1925, in Savannah, Georgia, to an old-money family of high social standing. The O'Connors lived in Savannah for thirteen years before moving to Milledgeville, Georgia, where O'Connor would spend most of her life.
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