From troy.w.smith at gmail.com Mon Jul 4 13:27:49 2011 From: troy.w.smith at gmail.com (Troy Smith) Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 13:27:49 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] Hello! Message-ID: Hi, This is Troy Smith of Baltimore, MD. I am a Master's of Library Science student at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, and in the past year I have become enthralled by the works of S?ren Kierkegaard. It was through him that I recently rediscovered Walker Percy. (I* *have only read *The Moviegoer*, a book which, after reading Kierkegaard, seems all the more vital to me in hindsight.) Ever since I graduated from Swarthmore College in 2005, I have kicked around the idea of going to graduate school for a degree in English literature, but always balked because I could not commit to writing a thesis or (maybe even) a dissertation on one particular author or book. It was the classic existential paradox of being "condemned to be free." Anyway, that changed for me when, after reading many other authors, I finally read Kierkegaard and decided that I would commit myself to studying him. I do not, however, have even a bachelor's in philosophy, so it would probably take quite a lot of additional coursework in order to study S.K. at the graduate level. What I do have is a bachelor's in English literature and a serious passion for the discipline, so, when I learned of the several Southern authors influenced by S.K. (Percy, Faulkner, O'Connor), I decided that I would write a thesis on one, some, or all of them and their connections to Kierkegaard. So that's my long-winded explanation for why I'll be observing. This spring I'll be applying for library jobs and M.A. programs at universities with strong programs in Southern literature and professors who write about Percy, Faulkner, and O'Connor, especially vis-?-vis S.K. In the meantime, I'll be reading Percy and lurking around here. I hope you won't mind! Best wishes, Troy Smith -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nikkibar at aol.com Mon Jul 4 15:12:08 2011 From: nikkibar at aol.com (Garic Barranger) Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 14:12:08 -0500 Subject: [percy-l] Hello! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Troy, Please feel free to lurk as much as you'd like. Although Walker was a good friend of mine, I've never gotten into his closeness to SK per se. Talking to him about SK would tend to make him somewhat depressed so we stayed away from those dark parts of the woods in our conversations. Likewise Heidegger. You might like to have a look at his other closeness to Charles Sanders Peirce by looking into Ken Ketner's exchange of letters with Walker called A Thief of Peirce. If that piques your interest, check out Ketner's other book His Glassy Essence. Ketner is the world's preeminent authority on Peirce and teaches at the University of Lubbock. Ken is/was as close to Walker in the philosophy mode as you can come; so if you are interested in that side of Walker as a pathway into SK, you couldn't do better than to contact him. His e-dress is above. Nikki Barranger nikkibar at aol.com On Jul 4, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Troy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > This is Troy Smith of Baltimore, MD. I am a Master's of Library Science student at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, and in the past year I have become enthralled by the works of S?ren Kierkegaard. It was through him that I recently rediscovered Walker Percy. (I have only read The Moviegoer, a book which, after reading Kierkegaard, seems all the more vital to me in hindsight.) Ever since I graduated from Swarthmore College in 2005, I have kicked around the idea of going to graduate school for a degree in English literature, but always balked because I could not commit to writing a thesis or (maybe even) a dissertation on one particular author or book. It was the classic existential paradox of being "condemned to be free." Anyway, that changed for me when, after reading many other authors, I finally read Kierkegaard and decided that I would commit myself to studying him. I do not, however, have even a bachelor's in philosophy, so it would probably take quite a lot of additional coursework in order to study S.K. at the graduate level. What I do have is a bachelor's in English literature and a serious passion for the discipline, so, when I learned of the several Southern authors influenced by S.K. (Percy, Faulkner, O'Connor), I decided that I would write a thesis on one, some, or all of them and their connections to Kierkegaard. So that's my long-winded explanation for why I'll be observing. This spring I'll be applying for library jobs and M.A. programs at universities with strong programs in Southern literature and professors who write about Percy, Faulkner, and O'Connor, especially vis-?-vis S.K. In the meantime, I'll be reading Percy and lurking around here. I hope you won't mind! > > Best wishes, > Troy Smith > -- > An archive of all list discussion is available at http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/percy-l/ > > Visit The Walker Percy Project at http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy > > Contact the moderator: percy-l-owner at lists.ibiblio.org (note: add @ sign when addressing email) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dabeck at iupui.edu Mon Jul 4 15:46:30 2011 From: dabeck at iupui.edu (Beck, David A) Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 15:46:30 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] Hello! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20110704154630.8tae4b89q8w0oc0k@webmail.iu.edu> Troy, In addition to Nikki's recommendations, I suggest In Search of Self: Life, Death, and Walker Percy by Jerome Taylor. It's probably out-of-print, but you should be able to find used copies or a copy at a library. Taylor focuses on the Percy/SK connection. It was helpful to me when I was doing my grad work. Have fun! It's a worthy pursuit. -David Quoting Garic Barranger : > Dear Troy, > > Please feel free to lurk as much as you'd like. > > Although Walker was a good friend of mine, I've never gotten into his > closeness to SK per se. Talking to him about SK would tend to make > him somewhat depressed so we stayed away from those dark parts of the > woods in our conversations. Likewise Heidegger. > > You might like to have a look at his other closeness to Charles > Sanders Peirce by looking into Ken Ketner's exchange of letters with > Walker called A Thief of Peirce. If that piques your interest, check > out Ketner's other book His Glassy Essence. Ketner is the world's > preeminent authority on Peirce and teaches at the University of > Lubbock. Ken is/was as close to Walker in the philosophy mode as you > can come; so if you are interested in that side of Walker as a > pathway into SK, you couldn't do better than to contact him. His > e-dress is above. > > Nikki Barranger > nikkibar at aol.com > On Jul 4, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Troy Smith wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This is Troy Smith of Baltimore, MD. I am a Master's of Library >> Science student at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, and in the >> past year I have become enthralled by the works of S?ren >> Kierkegaard. It was through him that I recently rediscovered Walker >> Percy. (I have only read The Moviegoer, a book which, after reading >> Kierkegaard, seems all the more vital to me in hindsight.) Ever >> since I graduated from Swarthmore College in 2005, I have kicked >> around the idea of going to graduate school for a degree in English >> literature, but always balked because I could not commit to writing >> a thesis or (maybe even) a dissertation on one particular author or >> book. It was the classic existential paradox of being "condemned to >> be free." Anyway, that changed for me when, after reading many other >> authors, I finally read Kierkegaard and decided that I would commit >> myself to studying him. I do not, however, have even a bachelor's in >> philosophy, so it would probably take quite a lot of additional >> coursework in order to study S.K. at the graduate level. What I do >> have is a bachelor's in English literature and a serious passion for >> the discipline, so, when I learned of the several Southern authors >> influenced by S.K. (Percy, Faulkner, O'Connor), I decided that I >> would write a thesis on one, some, or all of them and their >> connections to Kierkegaard. So that's my long-winded explanation for >> why I'll be observing. This spring I'll be applying for library jobs >> and M.A. programs at universities with strong programs in Southern >> literature and professors who write about Percy, Faulkner, and >> O'Connor, especially vis-?-vis S.K. In the meantime, I'll be reading >> Percy and lurking around here. I hope you won't mind! >> >> Best wishes, >> Troy Smith >> -- >> An archive of all list discussion is available at >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/percy-l/ >> >> Visit The Walker Percy Project at http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy >> >> Contact the moderator: percy-l-owner at lists.ibiblio.org (note: add >> @ sign when addressing email) > > From janetcantor37 at yahoo.com Wed Jul 20 08:13:07 2011 From: janetcantor37 at yahoo.com (janet cantor) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:13:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [percy-l] a fascinating article and comments on Terence Malick's The Tree of Life Message-ID: <1311163987.24794.YahooMailClassic@web125909.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Since this had a mention of Terence Malick, I wanted to share all of this with you: http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/07/a-story-from-before-we-can-remember-a-review-of-tree-of-life? ? a different approach and mention of Walter Percy? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From steve.petrica at gmail.com Wed Jul 20 17:14:33 2011 From: steve.petrica at gmail.com (Steve Petrica) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:14:33 -0500 Subject: [percy-l] a fascinating article and comments on Terence Malick's The Tree of Life In-Reply-To: <1311163987.24794.YahooMailClassic@web125909.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1311163987.24794.YahooMailClassic@web125909.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: No Percy content, but another interesting contribution on the Malick film: http://www.wordonfire.org/WOF-TV/Commentaries-New/Fr-Barron-comments-on-Terrence-Malick-s-Tree-of.aspx Steve On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:13 AM, janet cantor wrote: Since this had a mention of Terence Malick, I wanted to share all of this > with you: > > > http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/07/a-story-from-before-we-can-remember-a-review-of-tree-of-life > a different approach and mention of Walter Percy > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The comments are also interesting. --- On Wed, 7/20/11, Steve Petrica wrote: From: Steve Petrica Subject: Re: [percy-l] a fascinating article and comments on Terence Malick's The Tree of Life To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 5:14 PM No Percy content, but another interesting contribution on the Malick film:?http://www.wordonfire.org/WOF-TV/Commentaries-New/Fr-Barron-comments-on-Terrence-Malick-s-Tree-of.aspx Steve On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:13 AM, janet cantor wrote: Since this had a mention of Terence Malick, I wanted to share all of this with you: http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2011/07/a-story-from-before-we-can-remember-a-review-of-tree-of-life? ? a different approach and mention of Walter Percy? -----Inline Attachment Follows----- -- An archive of all list discussion is available at http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/percy-l/ Visit The Walker Percy Project at http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy Contact the moderator: percy-l-owner at lists.ibiblio.org (note: add @ sign when addressing email) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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