[percy-l] ??
Beck, David A
dabeck at iupui.edu
Fri Jul 25 22:14:36 EDT 2008
Thank you, Richard and Tammy. My "marked up" copy is in my office on
campus. I was tired of thumbing through the book (and, yes, my memory
isn't what it used to be).
Who knows? Maybe a discussion will begin.
Thanks again!
-David
Quoting "Warren, Jr., Richard F" <rwarren at boultcummings.com>:
> David,
>
> I think that the passage you are seeking (good Percy term) is in Section
> 4 of Chapter 4 of The Last Gentleman, that most autobiographical of
> Percy novels (page 196 in my copy), in which we observe Will:
>
> Naturally in such an intersubjective paradise as this, he soon got the
> proper horrors. He began to skid a little and catch up with himself
> like a car on ice. His knee leapt so badly that he had to walk like a
> spastic, hand thrust through pocket and poking patella with each step.
> Spotting oncomers, fifty, sixty, seventy feet away, he began grinning
> and composing himself for the encounter. "Hi!" he hollered, Oh Lord, a
> good twenty feet too soon.
>
> The reminds me of another passage that I can't find (one of my two
> favorite WP paragraphs) with a Percy protagonist who notes that he
> always says "Hi" a step too soon or a step too late, distinguighing
> himself from those "hard-drinking Sewanee lads, gentle with women,
> secure in their own good names," who have that rhythm down. Anyone
> remember that one?
>
> Richard
>
> Richard F. Warren
>
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>
>
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> [mailto:percy-l-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Beck, David A
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:12 PM
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> Subject: [percy-l] ??
>
> Hey Percy people,
>
> I'm trying to find a passage either in The Last Gentleman or The Second
> Coming. It is when Will is on a college campus; his knee is jerking and
> he greets the on-comers too early. I've checked both of my editions and
> my thesis and can't find it.
>
> While page numbers vary, if someone could give me the book (I think it
> is The Second Coming) and chapter, that would be great.
>
> Thanks!
> -David
>
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