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Melissa Sexton
msexton at emory.edu
Sat Jul 26 08:20:35 EDT 2008
Hi, David and Richard:
I'm curious as to why you say TLG is the most autobiographical novel?
Did I miss an article somewhere?
Thanks,
Melissa Sexton
Emory University
Quoting "Beck, David A" <dabeck at iupui.edu>:
> Richard,
>
> This passage is the one I was referring to (chapter four, section four).
>
> 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
>>
>> Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC
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>> P.O. Box 340025
>> Nashville, Tennessee 37203
>> direct tel.: (615) 252-2337
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>> e-mail: rwarren at boultcummings.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: percy-l-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
>> [mailto:percy-l-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Beck, David A
>> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:12 PM
>> To: Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion
>> 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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