Got kinda interested in the Southern Gothic so I read
O'Connor's WISE BLOOD and her short story "A Good Man is Hard
to Find." Great stuff. I'm becoming more impressed with
Southern Gothic the more I read of it. Although there are
definite traits that mark Southern Gothic, it doesn't seem to
unnaturally constrain it, and plots vary quite a bit and the
secondary themes are significant and meaningful.
Flannery O'Connor tacks a religious salvation-through-sin
theme onto WISE BLOOD, and it's got just a bit of an
artsy-fartsy flair to it, but not enough to sour me on her
writing.
A Woodrell novel came in the mail while I was up in Chicago
again. Something about a kiss. I think I'll read it next.
WAHOOO!
miker
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