Return to good and evil : Flannery O'Connor's response to nihilism / Henry T. Edmondson, III.

Author: Edmondson, Henry T., 1955-

Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2002.

Descriptionxvii, 203 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Faith, philosophy, and fiction -- O'Connor contra nihilism -- Modern man as malgré lui in Wise blood -- Wise blood and the difficult return to God -- "Good country people" and the seduction of nihilism -- The nature of evil in "The lame shall enter first" -- Social change in "The enduring chill" -- Modernity vs. mystery in "A view of the woods" -- Redemption and the ennoblement of suffering in "The artificial nigger" -- Grace, the Devil, and the prophet.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-197) and index.

This item has been checked out 33 time(s)
and currently has 0 hold request(s).