Flannery O'Connor: The Coincidence of the Holy and the Demonic in O'Connor's Fiction

by Preston M. Browning Jr.

Hailed by critics as one of the more con-troversial of contemporary American authors, Flannery O'Connor has been de-scribed as the most extreme Christian dualist since Dostoevsky. In this first full-length study of O'Connor's work, Brown-ing explores the implications of O'Con-nor's situation as a Roman Catholic in the South in the 1950s. From this point of departure Browning offers a detailed analysis of "Wise Blood," " A Good Man Is Hard to Find," " The Vio-lent Bear It Away," " "and "Everything That Rises Must Converge. "Touching upon writings about intensely religious acts and dilemmas, this look at a Roman Catholic Southern writer will be of special interest to students of philosophy and religion.

172 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1974