Sykes, John,  1952- <br/><br/>
Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, and the aesthetic of revelation  [electronic resource] / 
John D. Sykes, Jr. 
 - Columbia :  University of Missouri Press,  c2007. 
 - xiii, 192 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index. 
<br/><br/>O'Connor and new criticism -- Romantic symbol and the Catholic revival -- O'Connor and the body : incarnation, redemptive suffering, and evil -- O'Connor on divine self-disclosure : Eucharist as revelation -- Helen Keller and the message in the bottle : Percy on language -- Percy's novelistic quest for faith -- Surviving apocalypse through hope and love -- Southern strangers and the sacramental community. 
<br/><br/> "Examining the writings of Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy against the background of the Southern Renaissance from which they emerged, Sykes explores how the writers shared a distinctly Christian notion of art that led them to see fiction as revelatory but adopted different theological emphases and rhetorical strategies"--Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>O'Connor, Flannery--Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 --Criticism and interpretation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Revelation in literature.<br/>American literature--History and criticism.--Southern States<br/>Christianity and literature--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3565.C57  / Z88 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.54