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The Geranium

"The Geranium" is an early short story by Flannery O'Connor. It was originally published in 1946 in Accent: A Quarterly of New Literature and is one of the six stories included in O'Connor's 1947 master's thesis The Geranium: A Collection of Short Stories. It was later republished in O'Connor's posthumous anthology The Complete Stories (1971). In the…

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Genre
Southern Gothic
Publication date
Summer 1946
Country
United States
Language
English
Publication type
Journal
Published in
Accent

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related to Further reading · 79
The Geranium → Aarhus, Aarhus UP, AL, An Analysis, An Exile, An Introduction, Asals, Athens, Belief, Birmingham, Charles, Contemporary American Short Story, Corinth, Darretta, Denmark, Distances, East, Echoes, Ed, End
related to Critical reception · 9
The Geranium → Criticism, Flannery O’Connor, His, Iowa, Lite Reads Review, New York City, The, Tim Lieder, University
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The Geranium → Southern Gothic
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The Geranium → English
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The Geranium → Summer 1946
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The Geranium → Journal
Published in · 1
The Geranium → Accent

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The GeraniumCountryUnited States1.00infobox
The GeraniumGenreSouthern Gothic1.00infobox
The GeraniumLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
The GeraniumPublication dateSummer 19461.00infobox
The GeraniumPublication typeJournal1.00infobox
The GeraniumPublished inAccent1.00infobox
The Geraniumrelated to Critical receptionCriticism0.60section
The Geraniumrelated to Critical receptionLite Reads Review0.60section
The Geraniumrelated to Critical receptionFlannery O’Connor0.60section
The Geraniumrelated to Critical receptionThe0.60section
The Geraniumrelated to Critical receptionTim Lieder0.60section
The Geraniumrelated to Critical receptionNew York City0.60section

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