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Mystery Through Manners

Using Grotesque Elements to Address the Depravity of Reality

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Scott Postma
May 27, 2023
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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…

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