Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Citations -- Introduction -- 1. Early Work and Wise Blood -- 2. The Duality of Images -- 3. The Double -- 4. The Aesthetics of Incongruity -- 5. The Violent Bear It Away -- 6. The Prophetic Imagination -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
Summary
This study explores the dualities that inform the entire body of Flannery O'Connor's fiction. From the almost unredeemable world of Wise Blood to the climactic moments of revelation that infuse The Violent Bear It Away and Everything That Rises Must Converge, O'Connor's novels and stories wrestle with extremes of faith and reason, acceptance and revolt; they arch between cool narrative and explosive action, between a sacramental vision and a primary intuition of reality
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-263) and index
