03360nam 2200793Ia 450 991080621330332120240410024013.01-283-57914-697866138915941-61117-227-6(CKB)2670000000246750(OCoLC)815470988(CaPaEBR)ebrary10604682(SSID)ssj0000711300(PQKBManifestationID)11416605(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711300(PQKBWorkID)10682557(PQKB)10838849(MdBmJHUP)muse29311(Au-PeEL)EBL2054749(CaPaEBR)ebr10604682(CaONFJC)MIL389159(OCoLC)819504929(MiAaPQ)EBC2054749(EXLCZ)99267000000024675020091014e20102000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFlannery O'Connor, hermit novelist /with a new preface by the author Richard Giannone1st ed.Columbia, S.C. University of South Carolina Pressc20101 online resource (310 p.)Originally published: Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c2000.1-57003-910-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-279) and index.Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Hermit Novelist -- 2. Hazel Motes and the Desert Tradition -- 3. Sporting with Demons -- 4. Entering a Strange Country -- 5. The Prophet and the Word in the Desert -- 6. Acedia and Penthos -- 7. Vision and Vice -- 8. The Power of Exile -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.Artfully bridging literary analysis, O'Connor's biography, and monastic writings, Giannone's study explores O'Connor's advocacy of self-denial and self-scrutiny as vital spiritual weapons that might be brought to bear against the antagonistic forces she found rampant in modern American life.Asceticism in literatureCatholicsUnited StatesIntellectual lifeChristian fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismChristianity and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryDesert FathersDeserts in literatureHermits in literatureMonastic and religious life in literatureSolitude in literatureSpiritual life in literatureAsceticism in literature.CatholicsIntellectual life.Christian fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Christianity and literatureHistoryDesert Fathers.Deserts in literature.Hermits in literature.Monastic and religious life in literature.Solitude in literature.Spiritual life in literature.813/.54Giannone Richard1621897MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806213303321Flannery O'Connor, hermit novelist4107328UNINA