Mystery Through Manners

Using Grotesque Elements to Address the Depravity of Reality

Over the few weeks prior to the last, I have treated the major factors in the first twenty-five years of Flannery O’Connor’s life that appear to have contributed to her development as a writer with Christian concerns. In this final segment, I will seek to analyze her vision for literature and culture as a Christian humanist.  

Since her death in 1964, th…