Flannery O'Connor: Spiritual Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series.)

by Flannery O'Connor, Robert Ellsberg (Editor), Richard Giannone (Introduction)

Overview

Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) is widely regarded as one of the great American writers of the twentieth century, author of singular short stories (including "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and "The Life You Save May Be Your Own") and two novels (Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away). Only in 1979, however, with the publication of her collected letters, could the public fully see the depth of her personal faith and her wisdom as a spiritual guide.

Drawing from all O'Connor's work, and including the complete text of her short story, "Revelation", this anthology highlights as never before her distinctive voice as a spiritual writer, covering such topics as Christian Realism, the Church, the relation between faith and art, sin and grace, and the role of suffering in the life of a Christian.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570754708
Publisher:	Orbis Books
Publication date:	05/01/2003
Series:	Modern Spiritual Masters Series
Pages:	173
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Robert Ellsberg (Editor) is publisher of Orbis Books, editor of the Modern Spiritual Masters Series, and author of the bestselling All Saints.

Richard Giannone (Introduction) is profession of English at Fordham University and author of Flannery O'Connor: Hermit Novelist.

Editorial Reviews

"A bracing literary experience . . . . what a joy to have this judicious cornucopia of her writings!"—Lawrence Cunningham

This new and outstanding selection from her canon is essential O'Connor reading. --LA Times Book Review

A terrific read . . . . a riveting portrait of a woman of unquenchable faith. —The Georgia Bulletin

From the Publisher

O'Connor is generally regarded as one of America's great 20th-century writers and perhaps the only one mentioned in the same breath as Aeschylus. She was an ardent Catholic in the Protestant South, and the Gothic grotesques of her novels and stories always revealed a moral message that was not always welcome to the many non-Catholics and non-Christians who championed her work. This collection highlights her belief as illustrated in her writing-not only in her fiction, as in the complete short story "Revelation," included here, but also in her frequently tart letters and essays. While much of this material is available in other collections, it is salutary to bring together her explicitly religious thought, to force the attention on the spiritual substructure of her strange fictional world. Recommended for public libraries. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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