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Author:
Edmondson, Henry T., 1955-
Title:
Return to good and evil : Flannery O'Connor's response to nihilism / Henry T. Edmondson, III.
Publisher:
Lexington Books,
Copyright Date:
c2002
Description:
xvii, 203 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
O'Connor, Flannery--Views on good and evil.
O'Connor, Flannery--Philosophy.
O'Connor, Flannery--Criticism and interpretation.
Nihilism (Philosophy) in literature.
Good and evil in literature.
Nihilism in literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-197) and index.
Contents:
Faith, philosophy, and fiction -- O'Connor contra nihilism -- Modern man as malgreĢ lui in Wise blood -- Wise blood and the difficult return to God -- "Good country people" and the seduction of nihilism -- The nature of evil in "The lame shall enter first" -- Social change in "The enduring chill" -- Modernity vs. mystery in "A view of the woods" -- Redemption and the ennoblement of suffering in "The artificial nigger" -- Grace, the Devil, and the prophet.
ISBN:
9780739104217 (alk. paper)
0739104217 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)49529821
LCCN:
2002004881
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

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