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Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O'Connor [Hardcover]

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"The reviews range in topics from religion, homiletics, theology, biographies, fiction, literary criticism, psychology and intellectual history. Whether history or letters, they always touch on religion, one of O'Connor's central concerns. At the same time, the reviews are testimonies to her rich intellectual life, as evidenced in the variety of books treated and in the rigor to which she submitted her religious convictions. . . . This collection provides valuable material to enrich an understanding of O'Connor's fictional and personal worlds of grace."--Journal of the American Academy of Religion
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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During the 1950s and early 1960s Flannery O'Connor wrote more than a hundred book reviews for two Catholic diocesan newspapers in Georgia. This full collection of these reviews nearly doubles the number that have appeared in print elsewhere and represents a significant body of primary materials from the O'Connor canon. We find in the reviews the same personality so vividly apparent in her fiction and her lectures--the unique voice of the artist that is one clear sign of genius. Her spare precision, her humor, her extraordinary ability to permit readers to see deeply into complex and obscure truths-all are present in these reviews and letters.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Examines Flannery O'Connor's book reviewing and comments on how they reflected her interest in theology..., July 25 2008
By R. Neil Scott "Writer, Professor & User Servi... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O'Connor (Paperback)
Carter Martin's Introduction summarizes the "broad range of works" that Flannery O'Connor chose to review, including biographies, saints' lives, sermons and theology, fiction, literary criticism, and works related to psychology, philosophy, science and history.

Discusses the reviews collected by Leo J. Zuber -- her longtime book review editor and friend -- and considers why O'Connor contributed reviews to the particular publications she chose and the "recurrent concerns that emerge as themes in the reviews." Emphasizes her focus on, and committment to, books "about religion."

Concludes that O'Connor's reviews confirm that her art "arose from the religious convictions that she subjected to intenses scrutiny not only in her heart but in her mind as well."

Some sections were previously published in "Reader, Look for Yourself': Recovered Book Reviews," [Georgia Review 37.2 (1983): 371-82]. Provides an author and title index.

Reviewer's Note: Carter Martin is the author of: The True Country: Themes in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor (Nashville: Vanderbilt UP, 1994); and, contributed a number of articles to The Flannery O'Connor Bulletin and other published anthologies of criticism. His Ph.D. dissertation, completed at Vanderbilt University in 1991, is titled: "The Ethical Implications of Flannery O'Connor's 'Prophetic Imagination.'"

R. Neil Scott / Middle Tennessee State University

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5.0 out of 5 stars O'Connor on Roman Catholicism, Sep 14 2009
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This review is from: The Presence of Grace and Other Book Reviews by Flannery O'Connor (Paperback)
The value of having the brief, two hundred words each book reviews of Flannery O'Connor is that they show her utter devotion to the Roman Catholic Church. Writing for a local paper for the Dioiocese of Savannah, O'Connor seemingly read every new theological book related to Rome produced in the late 50s and early 60s along with a few Protestant ones. Her general style given the word limitations is to pick out a central quote from the book and comment upon it positively or negatively. Perhaps the two most revealing sympathetic reviews are of Teilhard de Chardin, who sought to reconcile evolution with the teaching of the Church. When he does journey into the realm of literature, she mainly sticks with recommending her favorites such Francois Mauriac, J.F. Powers, and Caroline Gordon.
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