A Good Man Is Hard to Find

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"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a classic short story by Flannery O’Connor that exemplifies Southern Gothic fiction through its dark humor, moral ambiguity, and violent exploration of grace and redemption in the American South.

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instanceOf Southern Gothic literature
short story
short story collection
work of fiction
author Flannery O’Connor
linked to: Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O’Connor
linked to: Flannery O'Connor
collectedIn A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReputation classic of American short fiction
firstPublicationYear 1953
firstPublishedIn Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology
frequentlyAnthologized true
genre Christian fiction
Southern Gothic
dark comedy
language English
literaryDevice foreshadowing
grotesque characterization
irony
symbolism
literaryMovement Southern Gothic
mainCharacter Bailey
Bailey’s wife
John Wesley
June Star
the Misfit
the baby
the grandmother
narrativePerspective third-person limited
publicationYear 1955
religiousContext Roman Catholic worldview
setting a family road trip to Florida
settingCountry United States
settingRegion American South
studiedIn American literature courses
Southern studies courses
religion and literature courses
theme grace
hypocrisy
moral ambiguity
redemption
religious faith
sin
the nature of goodness
violence
tone darkly comic
grim
ironic

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Southern Gothic associatedWithWork A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Flannery O'Connor notableWork A Good Man Is Hard to Find
A Good Man Is Hard to Find collectedIn A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
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Flannery O'Connor notableWork A Good Man Is Hard to Find
subject linked to: Flannery
Mary Flannery O'Connor notableWork A Good Man Is Hard to Find
subject linked to: Mary
Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology containsWork A Good Man Is Hard to Find
The Misfit appearsIn A Good Man Is Hard to Find
subject linked to: the Misfit
Bailey appearsIn A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Bailey workFirstPublishedIn A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
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John Wesley appearsIn "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
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John Wesley firstPublishedIn short story collection "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
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June Star appearsIn "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
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June Star diesIn "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
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Southern Renaissance hasNotableWork A Good Man Is Hard to Find
On Her Own Work aboutWork A Good Man Is Hard to Find
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor includesStory A Good Man Is Hard to Find
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor collectsPreviouslyPublishedIn A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
linked to: A Good Man Is Hard to Find