The Presence Of Grace And Other Book Reviews By Flannery O Connor

Author : Flannery O'Connor
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820331393

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The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O'Connor by Flannery O'Connor Pdf

During the 1950s and early 1960s Flannery O'Connor wrote more than a hundred book reviews for two Catholic diocesan newspapers in Georgia. This full collection of these reviews nearly doubles the number that have appeared in print elsewhere and represents a significant body of primary materials from the O'Connor canon. We find in the reviews the same personality so vividly apparent in her fiction and her lectures--the unique voice of the artist that is one clear sign of genius. Her spare precision, her humor, her extraordinary ability to permit readers to see deeply into complex and obscure truths-all are present in these reviews and letters.

Author : Flannery O`Connor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 4653024189

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The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O`Connor Pdf

Author : R. Neil Scott
Publisher : Timberlane Books
Page : 1098 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0971542805

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Flannery O'Connor by R. Neil Scott Pdf

Author : Flannery O'Connor
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1988-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466829015

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The Habit of Being by Flannery O'Connor Pdf

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award "I have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her letters . . . There she stands, a phoenix risen from her own words: calm, slow, funny, courteous, both modest and very sure of herself, intense, sharply penetrating, devout but never pietistic, downright, occasionally fierce, and honest in a way that restores honor to the word."—Sally Fitzgerald, from the Introduction

Author : Flannery O'Connor
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780374709693

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A Prayer Journal by Flannery O'Connor Pdf

"I would like to write a beautiful prayer," writes the young Flannery O'Connor in this deeply spiritual journal, recently discovered among her papers in Georgia. "There is a whole sensible world around me that I should be able to turn to Your praise." Written between 1946 and 1947 while O'Connor was a student far from home at the University of Iowa, A Prayer Journal is a rare portal into the interior life of the great writer. Not only does it map O'Connor's singular relationship with the divine, but it shows how entwined her literary desire was with her yearning for God. "I must write down that I am to be an artist. Not in the sense of aesthetic frippery but in the sense of aesthetic craftsmanship; otherwise I will feel my loneliness continually . . . I do not want to be lonely all my life but people only make us lonelier by reminding us of God. Dear God please help me to be an artist, please let it lead to You." O'Connor could not be more plain about her literary ambition: "Please help me dear God to be a good writer and to get something else accepted," she writes. Yet she struggles with any trace of self-regard: "Don't let me ever think, dear God, that I was anything but the instrument for Your story." As W. A. Sessions, who knew O'Connor, writes in his introduction, it was no coincidence that she began writing the stories that would become her first novel, Wise Blood, during the years when she wrote these singularly imaginative Christian meditations. Including a facsimile of the entire journal in O'Connor's own hand, A Prayer Journal is the record of a brilliant young woman's coming-of-age, a cry from the heart for love, grace, and art.

Author : Jerome C. Foss
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498532600

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Flannery O’Connor and the Perils of Governing by Tenderness by Jerome C. Foss Pdf

Flannery O’Connor’s fiction continues to haunt American readers, in part because of its uncanny ability to remind us who we are and what we need. Foss’s book reveals the extent to which O’Connor was a serious reader of the history of political philosophy. She understood the ideas upon which the American regime rests, and she evaluated those ideas from the standpoint of both faith and reason. Foss’s book explains why O’Connor feared that the modern habit to govern by tenderness would lead to terror. After a thorough account of her familiarity with the history of political philosophy, Foss shows how the works of Plato, Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Locke, Rousseau, and Nietzsche inform O’Connor’s stories. This does not mean that O’Connor was writing about politics in the narrow sense. Her vision was deeply theological, and she carefully avoided topical stories that promote social agendas. Her concern was with the health of the American regime more broadly, insofar as the manners of a regime affect citizens’ attitudes toward religion. O’Connor does not present a political theory of her own, but as Foss argues, she was a political philosopher in the original sense of the word. Her stories give clear accounts of her political wisdom. Foss further shows the continued relevance of her wisdom in age dominated by abstract modern theories, such as that of John Rawls.

Author : Connie Ann Kirk
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Reference (Philosophy) in literature
ISBN : 9781438108469

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Critical Companion to Flannery O'Connor by Connie Ann Kirk Pdf

Examines the life and writings of Flannery O'Connor, including detailed synopses of her works, explanations of literary terms, biographies of friends and family, and social and historical influences.

Author : Jon Lance Bacon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521445299

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Flannery O'Connor and Cold War Culture by Jon Lance Bacon Pdf

Flannery O'Connor and Cold War Culture offers a radically new reading of O'Connor, who is known primarily as the creator of "universal" religious dramas. By recovering the historical context in which O'Connor wrote her fiction, Jon Lance Bacon reveals an artist deeply concerned with the issues that engaged other producers of American culture from the 1940s to the 1960s: a national identity, political anxiety, and intellectual freedom. Bacon takes an interdisciplinary approach, relating the stories and novels to political texts and sociological studies, as well as films, television programs, paintings, advertisements, editorial cartoons, and comic books. At a time when national paranoia ran high, O'Connor joined in the public discussion regarding a way of life that seemed threatened from outside - the American way of life. The discussion tended toward celebration, but O'Connor raised doubts about the quality of life within the United States. Specifically, she attacked the consumerism that cold warriors cited as evidence of American cultural superiority. The role of dissenter appealed greatly to O'Connor, and her identity as a Southern, Catholic writer - the very identity that has discouraged critics from considering her as an American writer - furnished a position from which to criticize the Cold War consensus.

Author : Henry T. Edmondson III
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813169422

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A Political Companion to Flannery O'Connor by Henry T. Edmondson III Pdf

Acclaimed author and Catholic thinker Flannery O'Connor (1925--1964) penned two novels, two collections of short stories, various essays, and numerous book reviews over the course of her life. Her work continues to fascinate, perplex, and inspire new generations of readers and poses important questions about human nature, ethics, social change, equality, and justice. Although political philosophy was not O'Connor's pursuit, her writings frequently address themes that are not only crucial to American life and culture, but also offer valuable insight into the interplay between fiction and politics. A Political Companion to Flannery O'Connor explores the author's fiction, prose, and correspondence to reveal her central ideas about political thought in America. The contributors address topics such as O'Connor's affinity with writers and philosophers including Eric Voegelin, Edith Stein, Russell Kirk, and the Agrarians; her attitudes toward the civil rights movement; and her thoughts on controversies over eugenics. Other essays in the volume focus on O'Connor's influences, the principles underlying her fiction, and the value of her work for understanding contemporary intellectual life and culture. Examining the political context of O'Connor's life and her responses to the critical events and controversies of her time, this collection offers meaningful interpretations of the political significance of this influential writer's work.

Author : Derek B. Davis, LSRA
Publisher : Prideful Publications LLC
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Gothic Grit: The Dark World of Flannery O'Connor's Southern Stories by Derek B. Davis, LSRA Pdf

The subject of Ethan Hawke's 2024 biopic "Wildcat", Flannery O'Connor's incisive explorations into themes traditionally reserved for philosophical or theological discourse, using the medium of Southern Gothic literature, ensure her place not only as a critical figure in American literature but as a profound commentator on the human experience. Her works challenge the reader to confront the darkness within and the potential for transcendence, making her contributions invaluable to the fields of both American literature and moral philosophy. Table of Contents: Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Chapter One: The Life and Legacy of Flannery O'Connor Chapter Two: Writing Career and Success Chapter Three: Themes and Style Chapter Four: Gothic and Southern Gothic Chapter Five: The Grotesque Chapter Six: Decay and Dereliction Chapter Seven: Religion and Spirituality Chapter Eight: Isolation and Alienation Chapter Nine: Realistic Ambiguity and the Supernatural Chapter Ten: Irony and Sardonic Humor Chapter Eleven: Savannah, Georgia Chapter Twelve: Analysis of O'Connor's Key Works Chapter Thirteen: O'Connor's Dark Worldview Chapter Fourteen: Violence and Redemption Chapter Fifteen: O'Connor's Southern Gothic Legacy Chapter Sixteen: Racism Chapter Seventeen: Impact on Literature Chapter Eighteen: Contemporary Authors Chapter Nineteen: Relevance of O'Connor's Work for Modern Gothic Fans Chapter Twenty: Exploring the Southern Gothic Genre Chapter Twenty-one: The Dark Appeal of Flannery O'Connor Chapter Twenty-two: Ethan Hawke's "Wildcat" Chapter Twenty-three: Reflecting on O'Connor's Contributions to Literature

Author : Henry T. Edmondson
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0739111051

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Return to Good and Evil by Henry T. Edmondson Pdf

While Flannery O'Connor is hailed as one of the most important writers of the twentieth-century American south, few appreciate O'Connor as a philosopher as well. In Return to Good and Evil, Henry T. Edmondson introduces us to a remarkable thinker who uses fiction to confront and provoke us with the most troubling moral questions of modern existence. 'Right now the whole world seems to be going through a dark night of the soul, ' O'Connor once said, in response to the nihilistic tendencies she saw in the world around her. Nihilism--Nietzche's idea that 'God is dead'--preoccupied O'Connor, and she used her fiction to draw a tableau of human civilization on the brink of a catastrophic moral, philosophical, and religious crisis. Again and again, O'Connor suggests that the only way back from this precipice is to recognize the human need for grace, redemption, and God. She argues brilliantly and persuasively through her novels and short stories that the Nietzschean challenge to the notions of good and evil is an ill-conceived effort that will result only in disaster. With rare access to O'Connor's correspondence, prose drafts, and other personal writings, Edmondson investigates O'Connor's deepest motivations through more than just her fiction and illuminates the philosophical and theological influences on her life and work. Edmondson argues that O'Connor's artistic brilliance and philosophical genius reveal the only possible response to the nihilistic despair of the modern world: a return to good and evil through humility and grace.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Women and literature
ISBN : 1617033952

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Flannery O'Connor by Anonim Pdf

An essential book for critical study of the works of Flannery O'Connor. "The best study of one of the best writers"--Robert Fitzgerald

Author : Arthur F. Kinney
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820331348

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Flannery O'Connor's Library by Arthur F. Kinney Pdf

More than just a bibliography, this catalog of Flannery O'Connor's library is an invitation to better understand the ideas, passions, and prejudices of the extraordinarily observant and creative author of Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away. Noting all the passages O'Connor marked in her books, transcribing many of the passages, and showing all references to specific books in O'Connor's published letters and book reviews, Arthur F. Kinney gives readers the opportunity to hear the intellectual dialogue between O'Connor and the authors of the books in her library--authors as diverse as Carl Jung, Henry James, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. A rich assembly of books on philosophy, theology, literature, literary criticism, and other subjects, O'Connor's personal library was collected while she lived at the family farmhouse near Milledgeville, Georgia. Now housed at Georgia College and State University, it shows signs of her frequent use. Passages that aroused such emotions as joy, wrath, and mockery are marked with her stars, checks, numbers, and often more extensive comments. Providing a general intellectual context for understanding O'Connor's work, the markings and notations offer in some cases a direct guide to specific facets of her work. Helpful to anyone seeking to understand O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor's Library will prove indispensable to future study and criticism of one of the most complex and elusive twentieth-century American writers.

Author : Sura Prasad Rath,Mary Neff Shaw
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0820318043

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Flannery O'Connor by Sura Prasad Rath,Mary Neff Shaw Pdf

These ten essays, seven of which are previously unpublished, reflect the broadening of critical approaches to Flannery O'Connor's work over the past decade. The essays offer both new directions for, and new insights into, reading O'Connor's fiction. Some essays probe issues that, until recently, had been ignored. Others reshape long-standing debates in light of new critical insights from gender studies, rhetorical theory, dialogism, and psychoanalysis. Topics discussed include O'Connor's early stories, her canonical status, the phenomenon of doubling, the feminist undertones of her stories' grotesqueries, and her self-denial in life and art. Commentary on O'Connor has most often centered on her regional realism and the poetics of her Catholicism. By regarding O'Connor as a major American writer and focusing on the variety of critical approaches that might be taken to her work, these essays dispel the earlier geographic and religious stereotypes and point out new avenues of study.

Author : Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625640253

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Flannery O'Connor by Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner Pdf

"To the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost blind you draw large and startling figures."--Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and MannersDrowning in a river, the violent murder of a grandmother in the backwoods of Georgia, and the trans-genital display of a freak at a carnival show are all shocking literary devices used by Flannery O'Connnor, one of American literature's best pulp fiction writers. More than thirty-five years after her death, readers are still shocked by O'Connor's grotesque images. Dr. Jill Baumgaertner concentrates on O'Connor's use of emblems, those moments of sudden and horrid illumination when the sacred and the profane merge as sacrament. This readable volume is ideal for college students, O'Connor scholars, or those wishing to better understand southern gothic fiction.