Before the sun has set; retribution in the fiction of Flannery O'Connor.0820481661 Before the sun has set; retribution in the fiction of Flannery O'Connor Noun 1. Flannery O'Connor - United States writer (1925-1964) Mary Flannery O'Connor, O'Connor . Darretta, John Lawrence John Lawrence can refer to:
Peter Lang Publishing Inc 2006 147 pages $60.95 Hardcover Studies on themes and motifs in literature; v.84 PS3565 Darretta (mass communications, Iona College) asserts that retribution is central to O'Connor's work, and that her characters search for a doom commensurate with their guilt. O'Connor's take on retribution is solidly founded on biblical wisdom and durable doctrine, and her scope ranged from the personal in her early work to the eschatological es·cha·tol·o·gy n. 1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind. 2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second as she neared the end of her life. By way of proof, Darretta analyzes works from Wise Blood to the collection of short stories entitles A Good Man Is Hard to Find A Good Man Is Hard To Find is a collection of short stories by American author Flannery O'Connor. The collection was first published in 1955. The subjects of the short stories range from baptism ("The River") to serial killers ("A Good Man Is Hard to Find") to human greed , The Violent Bear It Away, and Everything that Rises Must Converge Everything That Rises Must Converge is a collection of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor during her final illness. The title of the collection and of the short story is taken from a passage from the work of the Jesuit paleontologist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. , giving each consideration as an exercise in decidedly Old Testament views of retribution while also considering the New Testament concepts of salvation and grace that peek from between the pages. The result is crisp and efficient, bearing witness to the many interpretations now emerging of O'Connor's faith and work. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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