The Casual Academic: A Literary Podcast

Episode 9 - The Devil, The Gothic & Ignoring the Divine in O'Connor's "The Violent Bear It Away"


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After a long delay, we are back with an episode devoted to the wondrous Flannery O'Connor. We take our time in discussing her philosophy of writing; what the gothic does in "The Violent Bear It Away"; why her works appeal to religious and nonreligious readers alike; John Hawkes and his opinion of O'Connor's "devilish imagination" and of course the devil himself.
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