| Description |
xvii, 196 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : from the grotesque to terror, Flannery O'Connor's radical reality -- A good monk is hard to find : Thomas Merton, Flannery O'Connor, the American Catholic writer, and the Cold War / Michael Kreyling -- Flannery O'Connor's art : a gesture of grace / Lila N. Meeks -- The world of the cartoons and their importance to O'Connor's fiction / Kelly Gerald -- He would have been a good man : compassion and meanness in Truman Capote and Flannery O'Connor / Marshall Bruce Gentry -- "Then I discovered the Germans" : O'Connor's encounter with Guardini and German thinkers of the interwar period / W.A. Sessions -- Seeking beauty in darkness : Flannery O'Connor and the French Catholic renaissance / Sarah Gordon -- The church-historical origin of O'Connor's blood symbolism / Inger Thörnqvist -- "The very heart of mystery" : theophany in O'Connor's stories / Jack Dillard Ashley -- Metaphoric processes in Flannery O'Connor's short fiction / Karl-Heinz Westarp -- Fiction's echo of revelation : Flannery O'Connor's challenge as Thomistic maker / Marion Montgomery -- O'Connor's Everything that rises must converge and theories of the short story sequence / Hans H. Skei -- Flannery O'Connor as communicant : a constant devotion / Jean W. Cash -- Toward discerning how Flannery O'Connor's fiction can be considered "Roman Catholic" / Patrick Samway, S.J. -- Life at Andalusia / Ashley Brown. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
O'Connor, Flannery -- Criticism and interpretation.
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O'Connor, Flannery. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Women and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Christianity and literature. |
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Christian fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Christian fiction, American. |
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Southern States -- In literature.
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Southern States. |
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O'Connor, Flannery, 1925-1964 -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Femmes et littérature -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
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Christianisme et littérature -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
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Roman chrétien américain -- Histoire et critique. |
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États-Unis (Sud) dans la littérature. |
| Added Author |
Gretlund, Jan Nordby.
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Westarp, Karl-Heinz.
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| ISBN |
1570036012 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781570036019 cloth alkaline paper |
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