Misfits and marble fauns : religion and romance in Hawthorne and O'Connor / Wendy Piper.

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Main Author: Piper, Wendy, 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, ©2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Outside observers: Hawthorne's artists and idealists
  • Puritans and modern methodism
  • Romance as bildung: self-transformation in The marble faun
  • O'Connor as "realist of distances": romance, prophecy, and the modern mind
  • Giving flight to "wingless chickens": art as the "added dimension"
  • The hubris of the sacred self: mystery, tragedy, and the Christian vision.