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Giannone, Richard.
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O'Connor, Flannery -- Religion.
Asceticism in literature.
Catholics -- United States -- Intellectual life.
Christian fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Christianity and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Desert Fathers.
Deserts in literature.
Hermits in literature.
Monastic and religious life in literature.
Solitude in literature.
Spiritual life in literature.
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Flannery O'Connor, hermit novelist [electronic resource].
by
Giannone, Richard.
Subjects
O'Connor, Flannery
--
Religion.
Asceticism in literature.
Catholics
--
United States
--
Intellectual life.
Christian
fiction
,
American
--
History
and
criticism
.
Christianity and literature
--
United States
--
History
--
20th century.
Desert Fathers.
Deserts in literature.
Hermits in literature.
Monastic and religious life in literature.
Solitude in literature.
Spiritual life in literature.
Electronic books.
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[United States] : University of South Carolina Press, 2012.
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9781611172270 (electronic bk.)
1611172276 (electronic bk.)
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Lord, I'm glad I'm a hermit novelist, Flannery O'Connor wrote to a friend in 1957. Sequestered by ill health, O'Connor spent the final thirteen years of her life on her isolated family farm in rural Georgia. During this productive time she developed a fascination with fourth-century Christians who retreated to the desert for spiritual replenishment and whose isolation, suffering, and faith mirrored her own. In Flannery O'Connor, Hermit Novelist, Richard Giannone explores O'Connor's identification with these early
Christian
monastics and the ways in which she infused her
fiction
with their teachings. Surveying the influences of the desert fathers on O'Connor's protagonists, Giannone shows how her characters are moved toward a radical simplicity of ascetic discipline as a means of confronting both internal and worldly evils while being drawn closer to God. Artfully bridging literary analysis, O'Connor's biography, and monastic writings, Giannone's study explores O'Connor's advocacy of self-denial and self-scrutiny as vital spiritual weapons that might be brought to bear against the antagonistic forces she found rampant in modern
American
life.
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