[percy-l] Percy-L Digest, Vol 97, Issue 2
Seth C. Holler
scholler at gmail.com
Thu Oct 11 13:37:48 EDT 2012
Alex: Try consulting the two collections of interviews (*Conversations* and
*More Conversations*) to see what Percy said about Ellen's role in both
novels. He's surprisingly dismissive -- but that may be a function of his
response to feminist criticism of his novels, and his pride (justifiable in
my opinion) in the character of Allie in *The Second Coming*. In the
interviews you'll also see that he didn't exactly plan the sequels. I
haven't read any of the biographies yet, but I'm sure they'd help you think
about Percy and doubt.
One more point: *Thanatos* is such a depressing book. Dr More's religion
certainly changes, too, no less than Ellen's.
--
Seth C. Holler, Ph.D. candidate
Graduate Associate in Teaching
English Dept.
The University of Arizona
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Alex Bell <alexbell25 at tamu.edu> wrote:
> Seth: thanks, i seem to have gotten so bogged down in their similarities
> that i failed to realize that distinction. How then do you interpret
> Ellen's religious change in Thanatos Syndrome?
>
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