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“Lingering” and “Incurable”: Flannery O’Connor’s Humor and the Game of Status in “Good Country People”

Thomas F. HaddoxUniversity of Tennessee, KnoxvilleCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 457-469 | Published online: 29 Mar 2022

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