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Between the House and the Chicken Yard : the Masks of Flannery O'Connor by Jolly Kay Sharp (2012, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMercer University Press
ISBN-100881462632
ISBN-139780881462630
eBay Product ID (ePID)109238839
Product Key Features
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBetween the House and the Chicken Yard : the Masks of Flannery O'connor
SubjectGeneral, American / General, American / Regional
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
AuthorJolly Kay Sharp
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2011-024690
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisExamines O'Connor's published works, letters, and manuscripts, along with previously unpublished letters, to determine how she defined herself, not just how scholars interpret her life and works. In fact, the plethora of criticism is in danger of obscuring the most important authority: O'Connor herself., Recognizing personal tendencies and developing literary talents enabled Mary Flannery O'Connor to don multiple masks, concealing or revealing segments of herself as she desired. With no memoirs or lengthy autobiographies, O'Connor's published works, letters, manuscripts, along with previously unpublished letters are examined to determine how O'Connor defined herself, not just how other scholars interpret her life and works. In fact, the plethora of criticism is in danger of obscuring the most important authority: O'Connor herself...Carl Jung claimed that adopted personas allow people ways to conform to society acceptably. While O'Connor's personal and social masks were affected by her Southern and Catholic roots, her vivid imagination and artistry fashioned her literary masks, allowing her to explore life's grotesqueness. Some of O'Connor's literary characters shelter self-defining features of her own personality and purpose. O'Connor's masks serve as metaphorical embodiments of her veiled autobiography, illuminating key components of her sense of self and of her literary power. Sharp's exploration of these society-obligatory and self-imposed masks identify O'Connor's goals, struggles, and successes; her critical insight into her own literature; her reaction and responses to family, friends, and acquaintances; and, ultimately, her own success and growth.
LC Classification NumberPS3565.C57Z859 2011
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