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The Gospel According to Flannery O'Connor

By Jordan Cofer

The Gospel According to Flannery O'Connor Social Sciences

The Gospel According to Flannery O'Connor

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Jordan Cofer examines the influence of the Bible upon Flannery O'Connor's fiction. While there are many studies exploring how her Catholicism affected her fiction, this book argues that O'Connor is heavily influenced by the Bible itself. Specifically, it explicates the largely undocumented ways in which she used the Bible as source material for her work. It also shows that, rhetorically, many of O'Connor's stories (and/or characters) are based upon biblical models. Furthermore, Cofer explains how O'Connor's stories engage their biblical analogues in unusual, unexpected, and sometimes grotesque ways, as her stories manage to convey essentially the same message as their biblical counterparts.
Throughout O'Connor's work there are significant biblical allusions which have been neglected or previously undiscovered. This book acknowledges her biblical source material so readers can understand the impact it had on her fiction. Cofer argues that readers can better appreciate her work by examining how her stories are often grounded in specific biblical texts, which she similarly distorts, exaggerates, and subverts, in order to shock and teach readers. Simply put, O'Connor doesn't merely reference these biblical stories, she rewrites them.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
160
Release Date:
2014-06-19
Publication Date:
2014-06-19
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1623560888
ISBN13:
9781623560881
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
392 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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