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Wise Blood is the first novel by American author Flannery O'Connor, published in 1952. The novel was assembled from several disparate stories first published in Mademoiselle, Sewanee Review, and Partisan Review. The first chapter is an expanded Read More..

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Description	Wise Blood is the first novel by American author Flannery O'Connor, published in 1952. The novel was assembled from several disparate stories first published in Mademoiselle, Sewanee Review, and Partisan Review. The first chapter is an expanded version of her Master's thesis, "The Train," and other chapters are reworked versions of "The Peeler," "The Heart of the Park," and "Enoch and the Gorilla." The novel concerns a returning World War II veteran who, haunted by a lifelong crisis of faith, resolves to form an anti-religious ministry in an eccentric Southern town.The novel received little critical attention when it first appeared, but has since come to be appreciated as a somewhat unique work of "low comedy and high seriousness" with enduring if disturbing religious themes. eNotes: Wise Blood Study Guide: Introduction Online. Accessed: August 21, 2011.Park, Mary. Wise Blood Editorial Review Amazon.com. Online. Accessed: August 21, 2011. It was placed 62nd in The Guardian's list of 100 greatest novels of all time.
Description	Wise Blood is the first novel by American author Flannery O'Connor, published in 1952. The novel was assembled from several disparate stories first published in Mademoiselle, Sewanee Review, and Partisan Review. The first chapter is an expanded version of her Master's thesis, "The Train," and other chapters are reworked versions of "The Peeler," "The Heart of the Park," and "Enoch and the Gorilla." The novel concerns a returning World War II veteran who, haunted by a lifelong crisis of faith, resolves to form an anti-religious ministry in an eccentric Southern town.The novel received little critical attention when it first appeared, but has since come to be appreciated as a somewhat unique work of "low comedy and high seriousness" with enduring if disturbing religious themes. eNotes: Wise Blood Study Guide: Introduction Online. Accessed: August 21, 2011.Park, Mary. Wise Blood Editorial Review Amazon.com. Online. Accessed: August 21, 2011. It was placed 62nd in The Guardian's list of 100 greatest novels of all time.

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Name	Wise Blood
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Authors	Flannery O'Connor
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Genre	Southern Gothic novel
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	238
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Media_type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Oclc	256887668
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Publisher	Harcourt, Brace & Company
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