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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Moran, Daniel, 1968– author.

Title: Creating Flannery O’Connor : her critics, her publishers, her readers / Daniel Moran.

Description: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015043074| ISBN 9780820349541 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780820349558 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: O’Connor, Flannery—Criticism and interpretation—

History. |O’Connor, Flannery—Religion. | O’Connor, Flannery—Relations with publishers. | Literature publishing—United States—History—20th century. | Authors and publishers—United States—History—20th century. | Authors and readers—United States—History—20th century. Classification: LCC PS3565.C57 Z789 2016 | DDC 813/ .54—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015043074