Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index.
Contents
Prologue : the incarnational art of fiction -- Who will remain whole? Who?-- Wise blood and The poison of the modern world -- Body matters : Boys without mothers -- Body matters : "Good country people" and "A temple of the Holy Ghost" -- Transcending the transcendentalists : Bishop as beauty in The violent bear it away -- The artist at home -- Mary Ann's face and Parker's back : the grotesque body under construction.