Flannery O'Connor (A Chicago Classic)

By Preston M. Browning Jr.

Book Overview

Hailed by critics as one of the more con­troversial of contemporary American authors, Flannery O'Connor has been de­scribed as the most extreme Christian dualist since Dostoevsky. In this first full-length study of O'Connor's work, Brown­ing explores the implications of O'Con­nor's situation as a Roman Catholic in the South in the 1950s.

From this point of departure Browning offers a detailed analysis of Wise Blood, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, The Vio­lent Bear It Away, and Everything That Rises Must Converge. Touching upon writings about intensely religious acts and dilemmas, this look at a Roman Catholic Southern writer will be of special interest to students of philosophy and religion.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809306727
• ISBN13: 9780809306725
• Release Date: October 1974
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 4.9"