来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1945年后的美国小说 第4集 第4集》

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  and just accounts of what was required of women-- etiquette and so on,
  以及对女性礼仪等方面的行为要求
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  she weaves a reading of passages like this into that kind of context
  她将这些文本与那种背景结合在一起
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  to suggest that O'Connor's vision of violence
  以表明奥康纳观察暴力的角度
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  has more to do with being a woman in the South than it does
  更多是出自于她身为一名南方妇女这一事实
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  with the stated religious concerns that O'Connor talks about in her letters.
  而与奥康纳在信中提到的宗教因素关系不大
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  Now, remember, as I mentioned, O'Connor suffered from lupus,
  我曾提及过 奥康纳罹患红斑狼疮
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  and she was disfigured by this disease.
  而且因为这个病而毁容
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  Especially, she was on crutches for a long time,
  她长期依靠拐杖
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  and for periods of time could not walk at all.
  有一段时期甚至完全不能走路
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  Her legs would swell up.
  她的腿是肿的
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  There's a lot of imagery of swelling, of distortion and distention of the body
  一些评论家认为关于浮肿 扭曲 膨胀的大量意象
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  that some critics point to her biography to explain.
  应该联系她的人生经历来解释