Flannery O'Connor and the mystery of love
Richard Giannone
Bok Engelsk 1999 · Electronic books
| Utgitt | New York : Fordham University Press , 1999
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| Omfang | xxi, 268 s.
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| Opplysninger | Opprinnelig utgitt: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1989.. - 1. The price of guilt : Wise blood -- 2. Looking for a good man : "A good man is hard to find" ; "The life you save may be your own" ; "A stroke of good fortune" ; "Good country people" -- 3. Finding the good man : "The river" ; "A temple of the Holy Ghost" ; "A circle in the fire" ; "The artificial nigger" ; "A late encounter with the enemy" ; "The displaced person" -- 4. The price of love : The violent bear it away -- 5. Convergence : "Everything that rises must converge" ; "Greenleaf" ; "A view of the woods" -- 6. Preparation : "The enduring chill" ; "The comforts of home" ; "The lame shall enter first" -- 7. Fulfillment : "Revelation" ; and "Parker's back" -- 8. First and last things : "The geranium" and "Judgement day.". - "Flannery O'Connor and the Mystery of Love interprets O'Connor's perplexing fiction on its own terms. By stepping back from prevailing controversies, this seminal study takes the pleasure of turning to the short stories and novels themselves and forming an impression of them while seeking the answers to such questions as they necessarily suggest themselves. This goal inevitably entails a consideration of the hardness and violence that are the hallmark of O'Connor's genius. That severity, for Giannone, is inseparable from O'Connor's recounting, in her words, "the action of grace." God's bounty can leave its beneficiaries with some very real handicaps." "These devastations paradoxically prepare the characters to receive and give compassion. In its numerous and disturbing forms, the coupling of violence and hardship with divine favor marks the mature nature of O'Connor's Christianity."--Jacket.
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| Emner | O'Connor, Flannery - Criticism and interpretation.
Love in literature. Mysticism in literature. Women and literature - History - Southern States amerikanske forfattere kvinner 1900-tallet kjærlighetsromaner litteraturkritikk |
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| ISBN | 0-8232-1911-9
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