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Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation

Title
Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation / John D. Sykes, Jr.
Author
Sykes, John, 1952-
Publication
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.

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xiii, 192 p.; 24 cm.
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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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFE 07-6824
ISBN
  • 9780826217578 (alk. paper)
  • 0826217575 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2007016711
OCLC
123539550
Author
Sykes, John, 1952-
Title
Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation / John D. Sykes, Jr.
Imprint
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index.
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JFE 07-6824
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