The Violent Bear It Away (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Flannery O’Connor
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Gothic fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Teenagers, South or Southerners, Religion, Alienation, Prophecy or prophets, Arson, Fanaticism, Baptism
- Locales: Tennessee
The Violent Bear It Away shares many qualities with Wise Blood. Francis Marion Tarwater is much like Hazel Motes in his efforts to escape what seems to be a divine call and, like Hazel, he at last must give in to God's imperative. This novel is more tightly unified than Wise Blood. Although it lacks some of Wise Blood's humor, it also lacks its loose ends.
Francis Marion Tarwater (named for the Swamp Fox, the Revolutionary War hero) has been raised in the woods by his great-uncle Mason Tarwater, a bootlegger and prophet. Mason has assured young...
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