Wise Blood began with four separate stories published in Mademoiselle, Sewanee Review, and Partisan Review in 1948 and 1949.
Originally committed to Rinehart & Company, O'Connor's agent and Robert Giroux convinced Rinehart to release the novel, and it was published as a complete novel by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1952.[4] Signet advertised it as "A Searching Novel of Sin and Redemption."
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The Question and Answer section for Wise Blood is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
I think this has something to do with experiencing what Christ did.
Haunted by memories of his preacher grandfather and the terrifying image of Jesus his grandfather instilled in him, he begins to preach his own "Church Without Christ", professing there is no sin and no redemption, and that Jesus is a liar. Hazel...
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