- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- The Violent Bear It Away
- Creator:
- Gerald, Kelly
- Date of Original:
- 2004-01-22
- Subject:
- Literature
Orphans--Tennessee--Fiction
O'Connor, Flannery - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about The Violent Bear It Away, which is a novel written by Flannery O'Connor, one of Georgia's most distinguished writers of the twentieth century. O'Connor was born in Savannah and lived most of her life in the central Georgia town of Milledgeville. When she wrote The Violent Bear It Away, O'Connor was living with her mother on a dairy farm called Andalusia, near Milledgeville. She began the novel in the summer of 1952, and it was published in 1960. The book's debut received mixed reviews because critics found it difficult to understand, but it is now considered a classic of American literature.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/the-violent-bear-it-away/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "The Violent Bear It Away," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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