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#48: "Revelation"

Apr 17, 2017 · 1 hr 19 min · 33.3 MB
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On this episode of Close Reads, Angelina, Tim, and David continue their conversation on Flannery O'Connor's collection of stories, Everything That Rises Must Converge,  with "Revelation."

Topics include:

  • Whether this is a good story to use to introduce stuents to O'Connor
  • The racism of characters in the story
  • Mrs. Turpin's gradual openness
  • Mrs. Turpin's Christ-haunted-ness
  • Seeing ourselves in Mrs. Turpin
  • Judging Mrs. Turpin
  • Mrs. Turpin's avenging angel of judgment
  • Mrs. Turpin's mystical vision

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This episode is brought to by our friends at Roman Roads Media, purveyors of the Old Western Culture series, featuring Wes Callihan. 

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