From honeyjbc at gmail.com Sun Jun 2 01:46:50 2019 From: honeyjbc at gmail.com (Janet) Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2019 01:46:50 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] FYI Message-ID: <5cf362cc.1c69fb81.1d73e.bd00@mx.google.com> A past Secretary of Education, William Bennett, was being interviewed on TV and in passing he tossed off that his favorite author was Walker Percy. That was nice to hear. Janet Cantor Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhforest at gmail.com Mon Jun 3 13:37:21 2019 From: jhforest at gmail.com (Jim Forest) Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 19:37:21 +0200 Subject: [percy-l] "Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoevsky and the Age of Suicide" Message-ID: https://www.lawliberty.org/2019/05/31/prophets-for-our-age-of-suicide/ Jessica Hooten Wilson reviews John Desmond?s *Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoevsky and the Age of Suicide*: ?*Love in the Ruins* is set a dozen years in the future from when Percy published it, set in 1983 in an apocalyptic USA, vines are sprouting everywhere and taking hold, violence is an acceptable form of arguing oppositional ideologies, love equals orgies and multiple sexual partners, and demonic forces sell technology and scientific advances to eager consumers. Percy borrowed the idea from Dostoevsky?s *The Demons*. Although both novels appear panoramic in scale, the problems arise from persons who, like Dostoevsky?s title suggests, act devilishly, and the evil is contagious. Both novels depict worlds where no one believes in God any longer. Dostoevsky predicted, if God does not exist, all things are permitted. Going a step further, Percy argues that this explains ?the rise of all these ideologies.? Anyone want to live in these fictional brave new worlds? Cultural diagnoses like these are easy and go rather unheeded if an author only foretells gloom and doom. The prophets of genius must also elucidate the cause and offer an alternative vision. Novelists like Dostoevsky and Percy strive to prevent World War III not by lamenting the destruction, but by depicting narratively how a person?s erroneous perception of herself may lead to nuclear holocaust.? * * * recipient of the International Thomas Merton Society?s ?Louie? award: *The Root of War is Fear: Thomas Merton's Advice to Peacemakers * www.jimandnancyforest.com/2016/06/root-of-war-is-fear/ *books in print: *www.jimandnancyforest.com/books/ *web site: *www.jimandnancyforest.com *Facebook page:* https://www.facebook.com/jim.forest1 *photos: *www.flickr.com/photos/jimforest/albums/ *Amazon author page*: www.amazon.com/author/jimforest -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauren.stacy.berdy at gmail.com Mon Jun 3 14:16:28 2019 From: lauren.stacy.berdy at gmail.com (Lauren Berdy) Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 14:16:28 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] "Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoevsky and the Age of Suicide" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yes Percy was interested in humanizing Not civilizing He showed us the moments of Our present The human predicament came To life Forget all his catholicity Read the ?Second Coming ? It?s the angle of declension that ceases to Matters Life off the stage Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2019, at 1:37 PM, Jim Forest wrote: > > https://www.lawliberty.org/2019/05/31/prophets-for-our-age-of-suicide/ > > Jessica Hooten Wilson reviews John Desmond?s Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoevsky and the Age of Suicide: ?Love in the Ruins is set a dozen years in the future from when Percy published it, set in 1983 in an apocalyptic USA, vines are sprouting everywhere and taking hold, violence is an acceptable form of arguing oppositional ideologies, love equals orgies and multiple sexual partners, and demonic forces sell technology and scientific advances to eager consumers. Percy borrowed the idea from Dostoevsky?s The Demons. Although both novels appear panoramic in scale, the problems arise from persons who, like Dostoevsky?s title suggests, act devilishly, and the evil is contagious. Both novels depict worlds where no one believes in God any longer. Dostoevsky predicted, if God does not exist, all things are permitted. Going a step further, Percy argues that this explains ?the rise of all these ideologies.? Anyone want to live in these fictional brave new worlds? Cultural diagnoses like these are easy and go rather unheeded if an author only foretells gloom and doom. The prophets of genius must also elucidate the cause and offer an alternative vision. Novelists like Dostoevsky and Percy strive to prevent World War III not by lamenting the destruction, but by depicting narratively how a person?s erroneous perception of herself may lead to nuclear holocaust.? > > * * * > recipient of the International Thomas Merton Society?s ?Louie? award: > The Root of War is Fear: Thomas Merton's Advice to Peacemakers > www.jimandnancyforest.com/2016/06/root-of-war-is-fear/ > > books in print: www.jimandnancyforest.com/books/ > web site: www.jimandnancyforest.com > Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jim.forest1 > photos: www.flickr.com/photos/jimforest/albums/ > Amazon author page: www.amazon.com/author/jimforest > * Percy-L Discussion Archives: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/percy-l/ > > * Manage Your Membership: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/percy-l > > * Contact the Moderator: percy-l-owner (at) lists.ibiblio.org > > * Visit The Walker Percy Project: http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauren.stacy.berdy at gmail.com Fri Jun 7 09:17:07 2019 From: lauren.stacy.berdy at gmail.com (Lauren Berdy) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 09:17:07 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] An inquiry into Allison Message-ID: From the beginning I was always fascinated by Allison ( The Second Coming) I realize now that Percys found words, the very tools, to signify Words Not persuaded in anyway by her past She wasn?t becoming anything She was present tense itself What does it mean to live outside time? Percy was interested in Merton And T Merton was terribly interested in breaking thru time in his mind We find Allison in the field of rationality And then Tom met her there .they met their centers No illusions What a story Sent from my iPad From bonannju at gmail.com Fri Jun 28 18:29:53 2019 From: bonannju at gmail.com (Justin Bonanno) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 18:29:53 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] A Dissertation on Percy Message-ID: Greetings, I hope this message finds you well. My name is Justin Bonanno. I'm a PhD candidate at Duquesne University in the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies. I'm planning to write my dissertation on Walker Percy, and I hope to visit the Percy Collection at UNC Chapel Hill at some point during the dissertation process. I have a few questions that perhaps some of you may be able to answer: - Does anyone have any advice on visiting the Collection? - Does anyone know about any scholarships or grants available for scholars working to extend Percy's work? God bless, Justin -- Justin Bonanno PhD Candidate Assistant Editor, *Listening: Journal of Communication Ethics, Religion, and Culture* Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies Duquesne University Pittsburgh PA 15282 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From RGray at montreat.edu Fri Jun 28 18:56:45 2019 From: RGray at montreat.edu (Gray, Rich) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 22:56:45 +0000 Subject: [percy-l] A Dissertation on Percy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I know that Patrick Connelly, chair of History at Mississippi College, included Percy?s ideas in his dissertation. Dr. Connelly visited UNC Chapel Hill library to see the Percy Collection. He can be contacted by email: plconnelly at mc.edu . I?m glad you are writing on Percy. Plenty of new research can be done on his work. Rich Gray From: Percy-L On Behalf Of Justin Bonanno Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 6:30 PM To: percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org Subject: [percy-l] A Dissertation on Percy Greetings, I hope this message finds you well. My name is Justin Bonanno. I'm a PhD candidate at Duquesne University in the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies. I'm planning to write my dissertation on Walker Percy, and I hope to visit the Percy Collection at UNC Chapel Hill at some point during the dissertation process. I have a few questions that perhaps some of you may be able to answer: - Does anyone have any advice on visiting the Collection? - Does anyone know about any scholarships or grants available for scholars working to extend Percy's work? God bless, Justin -- Justin Bonanno PhD Candidate Assistant Editor, Listening: Journal of Communication Ethics, Religion, and Culture Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies Duquesne University Pittsburgh PA 15282 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhonda_mcdonnell at msn.com Fri Jun 28 19:31:33 2019 From: rhonda_mcdonnell at msn.com (RHONDA MCDONNELL) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:31:33 +0000 Subject: [percy-l] A Dissertation on Percy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Percy?s marginalia in his books can be as helpful as the papers in the collection, so take some time with those. What is the general gist of your dissertation? Best wishes, Rhonda Sent from my iPhone On Jun 28, 2019, at 3:30 PM, Justin Bonanno > wrote: Greetings, I hope this message finds you well. My name is Justin Bonanno. I'm a PhD candidate at Duquesne University in the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies. I'm planning to write my dissertation on Walker Percy, and I hope to visit the Percy Collection at UNC Chapel Hill at some point during the dissertation process. I have a few questions that perhaps some of you may be able to answer: - Does anyone have any advice on visiting the Collection? - Does anyone know about any scholarships or grants available for scholars working to extend Percy's work? God bless, Justin -- Justin Bonanno PhD Candidate Assistant Editor, Listening: Journal of Communication Ethics, Religion, and Culture Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies Duquesne University Pittsburgh PA 15282 * Percy-L Discussion Archives: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/percy-l/ * Manage Your Membership: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/percy-l * Contact the Moderator: percy-l-owner (at) lists.ibiblio.org * Visit The Walker Percy Project: http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: