Before the Sun Has Set: Retribution in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor

ISBN-13: 9780820481661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 147 str.

Daemmrich, Horst

Opis

This detailed analysis of the theme of retribution is a key to understanding the fiction of Flannery O Connor. An idea central to the Bible, Dante, and Chaucer one is paid back for the evil one does or for failure to do good retribution expresses O Connor s interest as a writer and defines the contour of her achievement as an artist. Within the twenty-year span of her writing career, O Connor s notion of retribution expanded from her original concept in her first story, -The Geranium, - of retribution as personal and familial, to her final version in her last story, -Judgement Day, - which shows an interest that is eschatological."

O autorze

The Author: John Lawrence Darretta is Professor Emeritus of Mass Communication at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. He received his Ph.D. in American literature from Fordham University. He was a Fulbright Professor to Italy, where he also studied film. In addition to articles on American literature and Italian cinema, he is the author of Vittorio De Sica: A Guide to References and Resources (1983).