| Before the Sun Has Set: Retribution in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor Contributor(s): Daemmrich, Horst (Editor), Darretta, John Lawrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820481661 ISBN-13: 9780820481661 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $98.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 2006012700 |
| Series: Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature |
| Physical Information: 148 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This detailed analysis of the theme of retribution is a key to understanding the fiction of Flannery O'Connor. An idea central to the Bible, Dante, and Chaucer - one is paid back for the evil one does or for failure to do good - retribution expresses O'Connor's interest as a writer and defines the contour of her achievement as an artist. Within the twenty-year span of her writing career, O'Connor's notion of retribution expanded from her original concept in her first story, The Geranium, of retribution as personal and familial, to her final version in her last story, Judgement Day, which shows an interest that is eschatological. |