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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782138603321

Autore

Sykes John <1952->

Titolo

Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation [[electronic resource] /] / John D. Sykes, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8262-6623-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

813/.54

Soggetti

Revelation in literature

American literature - Southern States - History and criticism

Christianity and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.