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Faulkner And Flannery O Connor: Literary Analysis

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As you read the works of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor, their style of writing stands out and is different from others. Both of these poets can be defined as "Southern Writers," or in other terms, one who writes about the literature of the American South. These southern literature works are also written by those authors who are actually born and raised in the south. William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor focuses on a variety of subjects concerning a whole branch of southern issues ranging from politics and racism to religion.

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