The Violent Bear It Away
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The Violent Bear It Away is a Southern Gothic novel by Flannery O'Connor that explores themes of faith, prophecy, and destiny through the story of a young boy grappling with his religious calling in the rural American South.
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| instanceOf |
Southern Gothic novel
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novel → |
| author |
Flannery O'Connor
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| followsWork |
Wise Blood
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| genre |
Christian fiction
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Southern Gothic → religious fiction → |
| hasAdaptation |
radio drama
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| hasCharacter |
Bishop Rayber
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Mason Tarwater → Rayber → |
| hasCriticalReception |
acclaimed by literary critics
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| hasForm |
prose
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| hasISBN |
9780374530631
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| hasMainCharacter |
Francis Marion Tarwater
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| hasPageCountApprox |
250
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| hasSubject |
Christian theology
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family conflict → modern secularism → prophetic vocation → religious fanaticism → |
| isAmong |
major works of Flannery O'Connor
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| isTaughtIn |
American literature courses
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theology and literature courses → |
| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
Southern Gothic
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| literaryStyle |
allegorical
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symbolic → |
| narrativePerspective |
third-person narration
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| publicationDate |
1960
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| publisher |
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
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| setInCountry |
United States
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| setInPeriod |
20th century
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| setInRegion |
rural American South
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| theme |
conflict between belief and rationalism
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destiny → faith → free will → grace → prophecy → religious calling → violence → |
| titleAlludesTo |
Gospel of Matthew 11:12
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| titleOrigin |
biblical allusion
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Flannery O'Connor
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Flannery O'Connor → Mary Flannery O'Connor → |
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