Wise Blood | Essays and Criticism
- Themes of Faith and Religion in Wise Blood
In the following essay, Jeffrey M. Lilburn discusses the themes of faith and religion in Wise Blood.
- From Face Value to the Value in Faces: Wise Blood and the Limits of Literalism
In the following excerpt, Gary M. Ciuba examines how most of the characters in Wise Blood are unable to look beyond the surface of people and things. Only Hazel Motes, who himself begins by judging people at "face value," learns how to look beyond the literal and thus understand the divine nature of the universe.
- Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood: "Unparalleled Prosperity" and Spiritual Chaos
In the following excerpt, Daniel F. Littlefield explores how the materialism of modern society shown in Wise Blood helps articulate O'Connor's major themes of Christian redemption and the grotesque.
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