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Nov 21, 2008 the american novel since 1945 engl 291 professor amy hungerfords first lecture on flannery o connor s wise blood addresses questions of faith and interpretation. Flannery o connor s astonishing and haunting first novel is a classic of twentiethcentury literature. Wise blood is a comedy with a fierce, old testament soul. Flannery oconnor s astonishing and haunting first novel, is a classic of twentiethcentury literature. The protagonist, hazel motes, was raised deeply religious as the. Oconnors affiliation with the catholic church may be considered more of a. Wise blood, flannery oconnor wise blood is the first novel by american author flannery oconnor, published in 1952.
Download and read online for free wise blood by flannery oconnor. Flannery oconnors first novel, wise blood, was published in 1952. In the five years between 1947, when a draft of the first chapter of wise blood. Hazel, or haze, is from the small town of eastrod, but everyone in his family is now dead, and he has no home to return to after serving in the army. I must have been reading a run of unsurprising novels because at some point in my early forties, wise blood by flannery oconnor woke me up. The first edition of the novel was published in 1952, and was written by flannery oconnor. Flannery o connor then published it as a complete novel in 1952, and signet advertised it as a searching novel of sin and redemption. Unmarked copy with light cover toning and wear and a bit of spine wear. Publication date 1962 publisher farrar, straus and giroux. In the introduction to the 10th anniversary publication of wise blood, o connor states that the book is about freedom, free will, life and death, and the inevitability of belief. In fact, i find it hard to imagine that there were ever problems of interpretation. Hazel, or haze, is from the small town of eastrod, but everyone in his family is now dead, and he has no home to return to after serving in the.
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