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Flannery O'Connor and Thomas MertonEducation, Philosophy, and SocietyIrish and British Studies

Social Action, Welfare State, and Religious Charity: Flannery O’Connor’s Political Conservatism

Mengyuan An

2026.1.13WOMENS STUDIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL

DOI: 10.1080/00497878.2025.2599275

Abstract

Compared with her contemporary white female Southern writers, such as Katherine Anne Porter and Eudora Welty, O’Connor is far from being prolific. During her short life from 1925 to 1964, O’Connor ...

Citation format

AN, Mengyuan. Social action, welfare state, and religious charity: Flannery o’connor’s political conservatism. WOMENS STUDIES-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 2026, 55(2): 159–179.