The Correspondence of Flannery O'Connor and the Brainard Cheneys
Publication: 1986
Flannery O'Connor's first novel Wise Blood was published in 1952. That same year, Brainard Cheney, a southern writer living in Nashville and associated with the literary movement known as the Agrarians, wrote an appreciative review which prompted O'Connor to send a letter thanking Cheney. Thus began a correspondence and friendship with Cheney and his wife Frances that lasted many years. The letters, housed in Vanderbilt Special Collections, are collected in this volume.
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The Correspondence of Flannery O'Connor and the Brainard Cheneys
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Publication: 1986
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Flannery O'Connor's first novel Wise Blood was published in 1952. That same year, Brainard Cheney, a southern writer living in Nashville and associated with the literary movement known as the Agrarians, wrote an appreciative review which prompted O'Connor to send a letter thanking Cheney. Thus began a correspondence and friendship with Cheney and his wife Frances that lasted many years. The letters, housed in Vanderbilt Special Collections, are collected in this volume.
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Jesse E. Wills Fugitive and Agrarian Collection, PS3565 .C57 Z483 1986
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“The Correspondence of Flannery O'Connor and the Brainard Cheneys,” Gallery, accessed September 5, 2026, https://gallery.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/1017.