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#49: Parker's Back

Apr 25, 2017 · 1 hr 15 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 "Parker's Back".

Topics include:

  • The differences between "Parkers' Back" and her other work
  • The theatrical nature of the story
  • Parker's awe
  • The deeper meaning of the characters' actions
  • Reading Sarah Ruth
  • Parker's image (and its all-seeing eye)
  • Why O'Connor chose to use a Byzantine icon

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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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