American Gargoyles: Flannery O'Connor and the Medieval Grotesque

by Anthony Di Renzo

Focusing here on the comic genius of Flannery O'Connor's fiction, Anthony Di Renzo reveals a dimension of the author's work that has been overlooked by both her supporters and her detractors, most of whom have heretofore concentrated exclusively on her use of theology and parable.

Noting an especial kinship between her characters and the grotesqueries that adorn the margins of illuminated manuscripts and the facades of European cathedrals,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809320304
• ISBN13: 9780809320301
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"