| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages) |
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O'Connor and new criticism -- Romantic symbol and the Catholic revival -- O'Connor and the body : incarnation, redemptive suffering, and evil -- O'Connor on divine self-disclosure : Eucharist as revelation -- Helen Keller and the message in the bottle : Percy on language -- Percy's novelistic quest for faith -- Surviving apocalypse through hope and love -- Southern strangers and the sacramental community |
| Summary |
"Examining the writings of Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy against the background of the Southern Renaissance from which they emerged, Sykes explores how the writers shared a distinctly Christian notion of art that led them to see fiction as revelatory but adopted different theological emphases and rhetorical strategies"--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-179) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
O'Connor, Flannery -- Criticism and interpretation
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Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation
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O'Connor, Flannery fast |
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Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 fast |
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O'Connor, Flannery. swd |
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Percy, Walker. swd |
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Revelation in literature.
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American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism
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Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American literature
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Christianity and literature
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Revelation in literature
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Christliche Literatur
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Erlösung
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Southern States
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826266231 |
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0826266231 |
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