02327nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10237201 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070420s2007 mou sb s001 0 eng 2007016711 9780826217578 (alk. paper) 0826217575 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)320323802 n-us--- n-usu-- PS3565.C57 Z88 2007eb 813/.54 22 Sykes, John, 1952- 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. Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179) and index. 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. "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. O'Connor, Flannery Criticism and interpretation. Percy, Walker, 1916-1990 Criticism and interpretation. Revelation in literature. American literature Southern States History and criticism. Christianity and literature United States History 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10237201 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 152011 152011