Good Country People (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Flannery O’Connor
- First Published: 1955
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Philosophy or philosophers, Farms, farmers, or farming, Christianity, Small-town life, Amputation, amputees, or prosthetics, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Hallucinations or illusions
- Locales: South (U.S.)
The Work
In addition to representing the Christian and Southern American identities seen in most of Flannery O’Connor’s fiction, “Good Country People” touches on the roles of the intellect and intellectualism, as well as physical challenges in developing the individual identity. The central character is emotionally scarred by a hunting accident that has left her with one leg. This disfigurement causes her to retreat from the physical world into the world of the intellect. She was named Joy by her appropriately named mother, Mrs. Hopewell, a rather simplistic optimist...
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Flannery O’Connor (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Flannery O’Connor (Short Fiction)Flannery O’Connor (Long Fiction)Flannery O’Connor (Dictionary of World Biography)Flannery O’Connor (Identities and Issues)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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