New Essays on Wise Blood

ISBN-13: 9780521445504 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 138 str.

Michael Kreyling; Emory Elliot; Michael Kreyling

Opis

These new critical essays on Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's explosive first novel, not only question our understanding of the "Southern Gothic," but launch a new inquiry into the nature and history of O'Connor's critical reputation. Perceived as a "classic" American writer despite the double setbacks of being a woman and a twentieth-century author, O'Connor continues to speak with striking clarity and disturbing vision to successive generations.

Recenzje

"This collection offers a surprising array of critical assessments with many enticing concepts to explore. This series of essyas on Wise Blood certainly fulfills..." Floyd Barnett, Mississippi Quarterly

Spis treści

1. Introduction Michael Kreyling; 2. A fondness for supermarkets: Wise Blood and consumer culture Jon Lance Bacon; 3. Framed in the gaze: haze, Wise Blood and Lacanian reading James Mellard; 4. 'Jesus stab me in the heart!': Wise Blood wounding and sacramental aesthetics Robert H. Brinkmeyer Jr; 5. The woman without any bones: anti-angel aggression in Wise Blood Patricia Smith Yeager; Notes.