The Christ-haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern FictionUniv. Press of Mississippi, 1994 - 408 من الصفحات The Christ-Haunted Landscape: Faith and Doubt in Southern Fiction by Susan Ketchin Stories, interviews, and discussions showing the imprint of "old-time religion" on the artistic vision of twelve writers of the American South: Larry Brown, Reynolds Price, Allan Gurganus, Lee Smith, Clyde Edgerton, Harry Crews, Will Campbell, Doris Betts, Sheila Bosworth, Mary Ward Brown, Randall Kenan, Sandra Hollin Flowers Here are Susan Ketchin's discerning interviews with twelve southerners living and writing in the South, and along with a piece of fiction by each are her penetrating commentaries about the impact of southern religious experience on their work. A little more than a generation ago Flannery O'Connor made a startling observation about herself and her fellow southerners: "By and large," she said, "people in the South still conceive of humanity in theological terms. While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted. The Southerner who isn't convinced of it is very much afraid that he may have been formed in the image and likeness of God." Guided by O'Connor's perceptive commentary about southerners in general, Susan Ketchin has created a deeply revealing collection that mirrors the pervasive role of religion in the literature by the recent generation of notable southern writers. Ketchin confirms that "old-time religion" remains a potent force in the literature of the contemporary South. Susan Ketchin, a writer, editor, and musician, lives in Orange County, North Carolina. |
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Tongues of Fire | v |
Interview | 24 |
Saintly Outlaws | 36 |
Pud Day | 38 |
Interview | 49 |
LARRY BROWN Proceeding Out from Calamity | 80 |
A Roadside Resurrection | 82 |
Interview | 218 |
RANDALL KENAN Ancient Spefts and Incantations | 240 |
The Strange and Tragic Ballad ofMabdPearsatt | 241 |
Interview | 257 |
MART WARD BROWN Cefe6ratuuj the True and Lively Word | 283 |
A New Life | 285 |
Interview | 299 |
HARRY CREWS The Writer as Shaman | 306 |
Interview | 106 |
SHEILA BQSWORTH On Being Southern CatfioCic and Femafe | 120 |
Siow Toison | 122 |
Interview | 126 |
SANDRA HOLLIN FLOWERS Somethings Got a Hold on Me | 152 |
Hope of Zion | 154 |
Interview | 164 |
WILL CAMPBELL Mississippi Mcufness Mississippi Magic | 178 |
Ceceftas Sin | 180 |
Interview | 191 |
DORIS BETTS Resting on the Bedrock of Orunnof Sin | 210 |
This Is the Only Time Ill Ted It | 212 |
Scar Lover | 309 |
Interview | 315 |
CLYDE EDGERTON A Garden of Paradoxes | 332 |
Raney | 334 |
Interview | 341 |
ALLAN GURGANUS Allan Gurganus When Im Fog on a Coffin Lid | 351 |
It Had Wings | 352 |
Interview | 356 |
Selected References | 376 |
Index | 379 |
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