| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 203 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
Return to Good and Evil: Flannery O'Connor's Response to Nihilism is a superb guide to the works of Flannery O'Connor; and like O'Connor's stories themselves, it is captivating, provocative, and unsettling. Edmondson organizes O'Connor's thought around her principal concern, that with the nihilistic claim that 'God is dead' the traditional signposts of good and evil have been lost. Edmondson's book demonstrates that the combination of O'Connor's artistic brilliance and philosophical genius provide the best response to the nihilistic despair of the modern world-a return to 'good and evil' throu |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-197) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
O'Connor, Flannery -- Ethics
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O'Connor, Flannery -- Philosophy
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| SUBJECT |
O'Connor, Flannery fast |
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O'Connor, Flannery. swd |
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Nihilism (Philosophy) in literature.
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Good and evil in literature.
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Nihilism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Ethics
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Good and evil in literature
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Nihilism in literature
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Nihilism (Philosophy) in literature
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Philosophy
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Religion
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Ethik
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020739977 |
| ISBN |
9780739160336 |
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0739160338 |
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