[percy-l] ps
Beck, David A
dabeck at iupui.edu
Sun Jul 27 20:53:10 EDT 2008
Melissa et al,
I went back through my emails (some I'd deleted) and didn't see a
reference to TLG being the most autobiographical. (I know I didn't say
it.) So, maybe I missed something, too.
On another note (in an effort to keep the list breathing), how many
have read McCarthy's THE ROAD? I wonder what Percy would've thought
about it. It is somewhat nihilistic (like NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), but
it has a touch of intersubjectivity to it, too.
Any thoughts?
Quoting Melissa Sexton <msexton at emory.edu>:
> 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
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----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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