Selling Souls and Vending Paradise: God and Commerce in "A Confederacy of Dunces."
This essay discusses the relationship between religion and commerce as seen in the novel "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. The central character of Ignatius Reilly is described, noting the ways that the character misrepresents himself in his journal. Ignatius' devotion of his energy t...
| Publicado en: | Southern Quarterly Vol. 47; no. 1; pp. 7 - 23 |
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University of Southern Mississippi
Fall2009
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