[percy-l] FW: Photos of the houses that inspired The Moviegoer

Henry Mills hpmills3 at austin.rr.com
Wed Jul 21 00:17:14 EDT 2010


Dear Percy-L,

Would anyone care to respond to the below query by Ms. Vrcek of Rice
University regarding identifying houses found in The Moviegoer?

Please respond to her directly at <mev1 at rice.edu> and copy to Percy-L if you
think it would be of interest to the larger group.

Marcus, any thoughts?

Best regards,
Henry Mills



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> From: Maria Vrcek <mev1 at rice.edu>
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:18:38 -0500
> To: <hpmills3 at austin.rr.com>
> Subject: Photos of the houses that inspired The Moviegoer
> 
> Dear Mr. Mills,
> 
> I am working on a research project with Dr. Logan Browning, the editor
> of the Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 at Rice University in
> Houston. At the moment, we are researching Walker Percy's /The
> Moviegoer/. We are looking for pictures of the homes that may have
> inspired those described in the novel. Since Percy admits that he
> tampered slightly with the geography of New Orleans in the novel, it is
> not guaranteed that we will find an exact match to the houses we are
> looking for. However, I was wondering if you could assist us in finding
> pictures of the homes on Elysian Fields avenue in New Orleans, LA. from
> the early 20th century (1900-1970) or of Aunt Emily's house near the
> Quarter and Canal St.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Maria Vrcek
> Rice University 2012

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