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!
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Flannery rocks!!!
ReplyDeleteLove 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