New Essays on Wise Blood (The American Novel) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521445744 ISBN 13: 9780521445740

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

These new critical essays on Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's explosive first novel, not only question our understanding of the "Southern Gothic," but launch a new inquiry into the nature and history of O'Connor's critical reputation. Perceived as a "classic" American writer despite the double setbacks of being a woman and a twentieth-century author, O'Connor continues to speak with striking clarity and disturbing vision to successive generations.

About this title

Book Description:

These new critical essays on Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's explosive first novel, not only question our understanding of the "Southern Gothic," but launch a new inquiry into the nature and history of O'Connor's critical reputation as a "classic" American writer.

Review:

"This reader is grateful to Michael Kreyling for offering a new critical collection which recognizes that Wise Blood is an even stranger novel that I had thought in 1962. This collection will be invaluable for future study of the novel and of Flannery O'Connor the novelist." The Southern Quarterly

"This collection offers a surprising array of critical assessments with many enticing concepts to explore. This series of essyas on Wise Blood certainly fulfills..." Floyd Barnett, Mississippi Quarterly

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521445744
• ISBN 13: 9780521445740
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140
• Editor: Kreyling Michael