The Mississippi Quarterly, December 22nd, 1996
This latest volume in the American Novel series offers critical views which not only challenge the long-accepted New Critical analyses, but also provide interpretive insights that press the limits of postmodernism as well. Michael Kreyling's thoughtful introduction to New Essays on Wise Blood sets an open, exploratory tone which points out the best New Critical interpretive standards on Flannery O'Connor's first novel as autobiography, expression of religious faith, and portrait of the gothic South. Kreyling points out the limitations of these approaches and the vast possibilities which the ...
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