tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post6408046669039559792..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: The darkly comic heart ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-42510676940273438632009-05-20T14:26:08.754-04:002009-05-20T14:26:08.754-04:00Postscript: I should have mentioned more clearly t...Postscript: I should have mentioned more clearly that my own engagement with WISE BLOOD continues at the following link (which I hope works properly):<br /><br /><A HREF="http://novelsandstories.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow"> Wise Blood - An Autobiographical Criticism</A>R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-80406257937471395302009-05-20T11:14:42.463-04:002009-05-20T11:14:42.463-04:00As I have been noting at my blog (Novels, Stories,...As I have been noting at my blog (Novels, Stories, and More), there are some aspects of WISE BLOOD that are virtually irreducible to analysis; it is a novel in which that which is temporal and that which is sacramental collide, and I am left staggering after the experience. <br /><br />At any rate, thanks, Frank, for posting this new perspective on John Huston and the film version of WISE BLOOD.<br /><br />Yes, Dawkins should be sent a copy, but I do not believe (no pun intended) that it would make much of an impression on him. His mind is made up, and I doubt that O'Connor's voice (even in her prophetic power) would have much impact upon Dawkins. I am simply content that O'Connor has affected me, and that--after all--is all that we can ask of good literature: the personal engagement.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.com