Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation [[electronic resource] /] / John D. Sykes, Jr
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Sykes John <1952->
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| Titolo: |
Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation [[electronic resource] /] / John D. Sykes, Jr
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| Pubblicazione: | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Revelation in literature |
| American literature - Southern States - History and criticism | |
| Christianity and literature - United States - History - 20th century | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation |
| ISBN: | 0-8262-6623-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782138603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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