Before the sun has set : retribution in the fiction of Flannery O'Connor
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Before the sun has set : retribution in the fiction of Flannery O'Connor
（Studies on themes and motifs in literature, v. 84）
Peter Lang, c2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-142) and index
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This detailed analysis of the theme of retribution is a key to understanding the fiction of Flannery O'Connor. An idea central to the Bible, Dante, and Chaucer -- one is paid back for the evil one does or for failure to do good -- retribution expresses O'Connor's interest as a writer and defines the contour of her achievement as an artist. Within the twenty-year span of her writing career, O'Connor's notion of retribution expanded from her original concept in her first story, « The Geranium, of retribution as personal and familial, to her final version in her last story, « Judgement Day, which shows an interest that is eschatological.
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