Mrs. May’s Dark Night in Flannery O’Connor’s “Greenleaf”
Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Greenleaf” was significantly influenced by her engagement with the notion of the “dark night of the soul,” which is closely associated with the Christian mysticism of St. John of the Cross. O’Connor became familiar with the dark night through her reading of Evelyn Un...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2016]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2016, Volume: 65, Issue: 4, Pages: 397-412 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America TK Recent history |
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O'Connor, Flannery, 1925-1964
B Religious Literature History & criticism B GREENLEAF (Short story) B dark night of the soul B Mysticism B Religious Aspects B Christianity B John of the Cross B “Greenleaf” B Success B Ethics B Flannery O’Connor B Evelyn Underhill |
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