The Habits of Hope: Themes in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor

by Patrick Shade

In this original contribution to the American philosophical tradition, Patrick Shade makes a strong argument for the necessity of hope in a cynical world that too often rejects it as foolish. While most accounts of hope situate it in a theological context, Shade presents a theory rooted in the pragmatic thought of such American philosophers as C. S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826513611
• ISBN13: 9780826513618
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"