Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O'Connor's Narrative Art by Ference, Damian
Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O'Connor's Narrative Art by Ference, Damian

Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O'Connor's Narrative Art

Flannery O'Connor is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Her novels and short stories--shockingly...
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Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O'Connor's Narrative Art by Ference, Damian

Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O'Connor's Narrative Art

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Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O'Connor's Narrative Art by Ference, Damian

Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O'Connor's Narrative Art

$50.25
Author: Damian Ference
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Flannery O'Connor is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Her novels and short stories--shockingly violent, absurdly comic, spiritually potent--continue to entertain, beguile, and transform readers of all backgrounds to this day.

For many encountering them for the first time, O'Connor's stories of backwoods prophets and outcasts feel strangely nihilistic and dark. Others familiar with her letters and essays appreciate the deep Catholic understanding of sin and grace that animates them. In this new book, Fr. Damian Ference proposes a more precise lens for decoding Flannery O'Connor's narrative art, one that originates in O'Connor's own words about herself: Hillbilly Thomism. The author examines the various ways in which St. Thomas Aquinas and the philosophical tradition of Thomism shaped not only O'Connor's view of reality but also the stories she told to help us see and know it.

Featuring an impressive array of biographical and literary evidence and extended analysis of her short stories "The River," "Parker's Back," and "The Displaced Person," Understanding the Hillbilly Thomist is an important look at the intersection of medieval philosophy and modern fiction in one of the most treasured artists of the American South.



Author: Damian Ference
Publisher: Word on Fire
Published: 08/03/2023
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.20w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9781685780166

About the Author
Fr. Damian Ference is a priest of the Diocese of Cleveland, where he serves as Vicar for Evangelization, Secretary for Parish Life and Special Ministries, and Professor of Philosophy at Borromeo Seminary. He holds a licentiate in philosophy from The Catholic University of America and a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He writes regularly on the intersection of faith and culture for a variety of outlets and is the author of the award-winning book The Strangeness of Truth. Fr. Ference is the founder and director of Tolle Lege Summer Institute and is a lifetime member of the Flannery O'Connor Society.


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