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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Southern Gothic novel
novel
author Flannery O'Connor
countryOfOrigin United States
followsWork Wise Blood
genre Christian fiction
Southern Gothic
religious fiction
hasAdaptation radio drama
hasCharacter Bishop Rayber
Mason Tarwater
Rayber
hasCriticalReception acclaimed by literary critics
hasForm prose
hasISBN 9780374530631
hasMainCharacter Francis Marion Tarwater
hasPageCountApprox 250
hasSubject Christian theology
family conflict
modern secularism
prophetic vocation
religious fanaticism
isAmong major works of Flannery O'Connor
isTaughtIn American literature courses
theology and literature courses
language English
literaryMovement Southern Gothic
literaryStyle allegorical
symbolic
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage English
publicationDate 1960
publisher Farrar, Straus and Cudahy NERFINISHED
setInCountry United States
setInPeriod 20th century
setInRegion rural American South
theme conflict between belief and rationalism
destiny
faith
free will
grace
prophecy
religious calling
violence
titleAlludesTo Gospel of Matthew 11:12
titleOrigin biblical allusion

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor
Mary Flannery O'Connor
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