A professor of English at Fordham University, Richard Giannone is the author of Flannery O'Connor, Hermit Novelist and other works. Philip Kennicott is a music critic for the Washington Post.
A professor of English at Fordham University, Richard Giannone is the author of Flannery O'Connor, Hermit Novelist and other works. Philip Kennicott i...
Flannery O'Connor and the Mystery of Love interprets O'Conner's perplexing fiction on its own terms. By stepping back from prevailing controversies, this seminal study takes the pleasure of turning to the short stories and novels themselves and forming an impression of them while seeking the answers to such questions as they necessarily suggest themselves. This goal inevitably entails a consideration of the hardness and violence that are the hallmark of O'Connor's genius. That severity for Giannone is inseparable from O'Connor's recounting, in her words, the action of grace.God's bounty can...
Flannery O'Connor and the Mystery of Love interprets O'Conner's perplexing fiction on its own terms. By stepping back from prevailing controversies, t...