Revelation and Convergence

Did Flannery OConnor really write the way she did because andnot in spite ofher Catholicism? Revelation & Convergence brings together professors of literature, theology, and history to help both critics and readers better understand OConnors religious imagination. The contributors focus on many of the Catholic thinkers central to OConnors creative development, especially those that OConnor mentioned in the recently discovered and published A Prayer Journal (2013), or in her many letters to friends and admirers. Some, such as Leon Bloy or Baron von Hgel, remain relatively obscure to contemporary readers. Other figures, such as Augustine of Hippo or St. John of the Cross, are well-known, but their connection to OConnors stories has received little attention. Revelation & Convergence provides a much-needed hermeneutical lens that is often missing from contemporary criticism, representing OConnors ongoing conversation with her Catholic theological and literary heritage, and provide a glimpse into the rich Catholic texture of her life and work.