This article is about the novel. For other uses, see Wiseblood (disambiguation).
Wise Blood
First edition
Author
Flannery O'Connor
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Southern Gothic novel
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & Company
Publication date
May 15, 1952
Media type
Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages
238
OCLC
1191239
LC Class
PZ4.O183 Wi PS3565.C57
Wise Blood is the first novel by American author Flannery O'Connor, published in 1952. The novel was assembled from disparate stories first published in Mademoiselle, The Sewanee Review and Partisan Review. The first chapter is an expanded version of her Master's thesis, "The Train", and other chapters are reworked versions of "The Peeler," "The Heart of the Park" and "Enoch and the Gorilla". The novel concerns a returning World War II veteran who, haunted by a life-long crisis of faith, resolves to form an anti-religious ministry in an eccentric, fictionalized city in the Southern United States after finding his family homestead abandoned without a trace.
The novel received little critical attention when it first appeared but has since come to be appreciated as a classic work of "low comedy and high seriousness" with disturbing religious themes.[1][2] It was placed 62nd in The Observer's list of 100 greatest novels.[3]
^eNotes: Wise Blood Study Guide: Introduction Online. Accessed: August 21, 2011.
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