Risen sons

Desmond sets O'Connor's thought and work in the broad context of cultural and intellectual history. He argues that her orthodox catholic theology stands at the center of her vision, and provides a metaphysical base from which the fiction evolved. Desmond describes O'Connor's uses of imagery and comedy, of the grotesque and the violent, and relates the works to one another and also to the philosophical and theological roots of their creation. He also discusses O'Connor's stated view of fiction-writing as an "incarnational act" and traces changes that appear in her work with the recognition of christian historical vision as her subject and the analogical method as the appropriate strategy. ISBN 0-8203-0945-1 : $18.00.