02613nam 2200565 a 450 991045390060332120200520144314.00-8262-6623-1(CKB)1000000000537563(OCoLC)320323802(CaPaEBR)ebrary10237201(SSID)ssj0000155873(PQKBManifestationID)11161060(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155873(PQKBWorkID)10123837(PQKB)10645595(MiAaPQ)EBC3570975(Au-PeEL)EBL3570975(CaPaEBR)ebr10237201(EXLCZ)99100000000053756320070420d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFlannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation[electronic resource] /John D. Sykes, JrColumbia University of Missouri Pressc20071 online resource (209 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1757-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index.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."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.Revelation in literatureAmerican literatureSouthern StatesHistory and criticismChristianity and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Revelation in literature.American literatureHistory and criticism.Christianity and literatureHistory813/.54Sykes John1952-985515MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453900603321Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation2252679UNINA