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Published 2007 by University of Missouri Press.
Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation
by Sykes, John
Sykes, John: Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation (2007, University of Missouri Press)
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"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.
Subjects
- O'Connor, Flannery -- Criticism and interpretation
- Percy, Walker, -- 1916-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Revelation in literature
- American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism
- Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century