Authors of psychological thrillers: Flannery O'Connor and (Lula) Carson McCullers
Flannery O'Connor
American writer, particularly acclaimed for her stories which combined comic with tragic and brutal. Along with authors like Carson McCullers and Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor belonged to the Southern Gothic tradition that focused on the decaying South and its damned people. O'Connor's body of work was small, consisting of only thirty-one stories, two novels, and some speeches and letters.
"Does one's integrity ever lie in what he is not able to do? I think that usually it does, for free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man, Freedom cannot be conceived simply." (from Wise Blood, 1952) (Read more)
(Lula) Carson McCullers
American author whose psychological novels and stories examined the secrets of lonely, isolated people. Many of her works are set in the South. McCuller's best known novels are THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER 1940), written at the age of twenty-two, and REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE (1942), a psychological horror story set in a military base. Both of the books have been filmed. Although McCullers depicted homosexual characters and she has female lover, the theme of homosexuality was set into a broader context of alienation and dislocation in modern culture. (Read more)
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American writer, particularly acclaimed for her stories which combined comic with tragic and brutal. Along with authors like Carson McCullers and Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor belonged to the Southern Gothic tradition that focused on the decaying South and its damned people. O'Connor's body of work was small, consisting of only thirty-one stories, two novels, and some speeches and letters.
"Does one's integrity ever lie in what he is not able to do? I think that usually it does, for free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man, Freedom cannot be conceived simply." (from Wise Blood, 1952) (Read more)
(Lula) Carson McCullers
American author whose psychological novels and stories examined the secrets of lonely, isolated people. Many of her works are set in the South. McCuller's best known novels are THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER 1940), written at the age of twenty-two, and REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE (1942), a psychological horror story set in a military base. Both of the books have been filmed. Although McCullers depicted homosexual characters and she has female lover, the theme of homosexuality was set into a broader context of alienation and dislocation in modern culture. (Read more)
(I am posting this for my own benefit, lest I forget the links :D )
Write to me: suman 'at' techwritersindia 'dot' com
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