 | Flannery O''Connor: The Imagination of Extremity Subjects: O’Connor Flannery -- Criticism and interpretation; Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Southern States -- In literature; This study explores the dualities that inform the entire body of Flannery O'Connor's fiction. From the almost unredeemable world of Wise Blood to the climactic moments of revelation that infuse The Violent Bear It Away and Everything That Rises Must Converge , O'Connor's novels and stories wrestle with extremes of faith and reason, acceptance and revolt; they arch between cool narrative and explosive action, between a sacramental vision and a primary intuition of reality. FREDERICK ASALS is a professor of English at New College, University of Toronto. |
