Hillbilly Thomist: Flannery O'Connor, St. Thomas and the Limits of Art

by Marion Montgomery

In the spirit of St. Thomas Aquinas, the writings of Flannery O'Connor's concern for place can best be seen in the immediacies of things and persons. It is in relation to St. Thomas' teaching, then, that O'Connor becomes comfortable in her "place," Andalusia, that small farm just outside the small town of Milledgeville in middle Georgia. The abiding relationship between place--Andalusia or elsewhere--and a person comes out of human nature itself,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786422831
• ISBN13: 9780786422838
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 706 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.8" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher