The Added Dimension: The Art and Mind of Flannery O'Connor / Edition 2

by Melvin Friedman, Lewis Lawson

Overview

Melvin J. Friedman and Lewis A. Lawson give an overview of Flannery O’Connor’s creative writing process in this read. They discuss the themes that are apparent in many of her short stories, including the American South and redemption. Through examining several of her works, they discuss the process and the fiction of this modern American female writer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823207114
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Series:	A Rose Hill Book
Edition description:	2d ed., rev
Pages:	263
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Melvin Friedman (Author)
Melvin J. Friedman cofounded the journal Comparative Literature Studies. His publications include Samuel Beckett Now: Critical Approaches to His Novels, Poetry and Plays, and William Styron’s The Confessions of Nat Turner: A Critical Handbook.

Lewis Lawson (Author)
Lewis A. Lawson’s publications include Still Following Percy, Conversations with Walker Percy, and More Conversations with Walker Percy.

Editorial Reviews

The ten essays printed here give a well-rounded picture of Miss O’Connor’s contribution to fiction…

The Year’s Work in English Studies

. . .a provocative guide to the stories of Flannery O’Connor.

America

[This] collection of essays and selected data on Miss O’Connor offers some of the most astute explications of her work thus far. The Added Dimension is indeed an omnium gatherum of critical opinion…[It is] a book that is already providing a foundation for Flannery O’Connor scholarship. Professors Friedman and Lawson have handsomely demonstrated why Miss O’Connor is today being heralded as one of America’s finest short story writers.

Studies Short Fiction

. . .an exciting collection.

American Literary Scholarship

This is a book that reflects the constantly growing interest in the writings of the late Flannery O’Connor. In sput of her earth death, Miss O’Connor left a body of work that rewards the closest critical scrutiny, and here we find examinations of that work from a variety of points of view [in] several excellent interpretations and evaluations. It is a major contribution to the understanding and appreciation of Flannery O’Connor’s work, valuable for all readers and indispensable for students. I recommend the volume not only to admirers of Miss O’Connor but to all students of contemporary American fiction.—Granville Hicks

From the Publisher

. . .an important collection of ten critical essays . . .

Literary History of the United States

The ten essays printed here give a well-rounded picture of Miss O’Connor’s contribution to fiction…

The Year’s Work in English Studies

This is a book that reflects the constantly growing interest in the writings of the late Flannery O’Connor. In sput of her earth death, Miss O’Connor left a body of work that rewards the closest critical scrutiny, and here we find examinations of that work from a variety of points of view [in] several excellent interpretations and evaluations. It is a major contribution to the understanding and appreciation of Flannery O’Connor’s work, valuable for all readers and indispensable for students. I recommend the volume not only to admirers of Miss O’Connor but to all students of contemporary American fiction.

Granville Hicks