Friday, March 19, 2010

Flannery O'Connor's Voice!


In my twenties, I was quite taken with Tennessee Williams.  In middle age, I am quite turned off by his decadence.  Naturally, Flannery O'Connor takes his place in my literary life what with her unwavering redemptive and Catholic themes and her Southern caricatures.  I remember being tirelessly (overstatement) dedicated to finding Tennessee in motion or audio.  Being that was the nineties, it took some time to dig up a Bio video.  My problem where Flannery is concerned only took a few minutes with the World Wide Web of trivial folks blogging away (ahem).  Hearing both Tenn and Flann were equally exciting - I'm just sayin'!  Her voice drips with the distortion of the English language only her time and place could produce - rural Georgia in the mid Twentieth Century.  There's a rounding of certain vowel sounds you only hear in our ancient folks.  This is a must hear: http://themorningoil.blogspot.com/2008/09/flannery.html

Enjoy!

Peace!

1 comment:

  1. Flannery rocks!!!

    Love the voice.

    Thanks for putting her front in center - can't wait to read all her works.

    Can't wait for you to share more of her letters.

    Cousin,

    Joan

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