From michael_serafin at hotmail.com Fri May 6 10:08:17 2022 From: michael_serafin at hotmail.com (Michael Martin Serafin) Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 14:08:17 +0000 Subject: [percy-l] "Symbol & Existence" Contents Message-ID: Amazon does not have a "look inside" icon for "Symbol & Existence" Could someone please post the Table of Contents here? Also, those who have read it (I have not), what is your opinion? Thanks. Michael Martin Serafin Chicopee, MA. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From JOLLEY_MA at mercer.edu Fri May 6 10:14:50 2022 From: JOLLEY_MA at mercer.edu (Marc Jolley) Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 14:14:50 +0000 Subject: [percy-l] "Symbol & Existence" Contents Message-ID: <4172EA81-6392-43FF-AC98-7ACD869537BD@mercer.edu> I am the publisher. Amazon is so weird. Here is the frontmatter. Marc Jolley Director MERCER UNIVERSITY PRESS 1501 Mercer University Drive Macon, Georgia 31207 478-301-2880 www.mupress.org Senior Lecturer Department of PHILOSOPHY Mercer University https://liberalarts.mercer.edu/faculty-and-staff/marc-jolley/ From: Percy-L on behalf of Michael Martin Serafin Reply-To: "Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion" Date: Friday, May 6, 2022 at 10:08 AM To: "percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org" Subject: [percy-l] "Symbol & Existence" Contents Amazon does not have a "look inside" icon for "Symbol & Existence" Could someone please post the Table of Contents here? Also, those who have read it (I have not), what is your opinion? Thanks. Michael Martin Serafin Chicopee, MA. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Percy S&E Frontmatter.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 194157 bytes Desc: Percy S&E Frontmatter.pdf URL: From wppdirector at gmail.com Sun May 8 09:52:01 2022 From: wppdirector at gmail.com (Henry P. Mills III) Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 09:52:01 -0400 Subject: [percy-l] "Symbol & Existence" Contents In-Reply-To: <4172EA81-6392-43FF-AC98-7ACD869537BD@mercer.edu> References: <4172EA81-6392-43FF-AC98-7ACD869537BD@mercer.edu> Message-ID: Thanks to Michael for introducing and Marc for providing materials on the topic of Percy's posthumously published *Symbol and Existence: A Study in Meaning: Explorations of Human Nature* (Mercer UP, 2019). Book Description: https://www.mupress.org/Symbol-and-Existence-A-Study-in-Meaning-Explorations-of-Human-Nature-P1016.aspx Below are two readily-accessible reviews, which Percy-L community members may find of interest. Further discussion is, of course, most welcome, for instance: how *S&E* is different from Percy's *Message in the Bottle* and pertinent sections in his *Lost in the Cosmos*, or agreements/disagreements with either review below. Certainly, there is much unexplored territory in contrasting these three Percy books. Best regards, Henry Mills Percy-L Administrator --- "Review of Walker Percy?s Symbol and Existence" (a short review) November 13, 2019 Found on Percy-L member Leslie Marsh's ManWithoutQualities website. https://manwithoutqualities.com/2019/11/13/review-of-walker-percys-symbol-and-existence/ "The Therapy of Symbols" (a more detailed review) *Humanum: Issues in Family, Culture & Science* Issue One, 2020 Joshua P. Hochschild, Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary?s University https://humanumreview.com/articles/the-therapy-of-symbols ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 10:15 AM Marc Jolley wrote: > I am the publisher. Amazon is so weird. > > > > Here is the frontmatter attached as a PDF. > > > > > Marc Jolley > > Director > > MERCER UNIVERSITY PRESS > > 1501 Mercer University Drive > > Macon, Georgia 31207 > > 478-301-2880 > > www.mupress.org > > Senior Lecturer > > Department of PHILOSOPHY > > Mercer University > > https://liberalarts.mercer.edu/faculty-and-staff/marc-jolley/ > > > > > > *From: *Percy-L > on behalf of Michael Martin Serafin > *Reply-To: *"Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical > Discussion" > *Date: *Friday, May 6, 2022 at 10:08 AM > *To: *"percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org" > *Subject: *[percy-l] "Symbol & Existence" Contents > > > > Amazon does not have a "look inside" icon for "Symbol & Existence" Could > someone please post the Table of Contents here? Also, those who have read > it (I have not), what is your opinion? Thanks. > > > > Michael Martin Serafin > > Chicopee, MA. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michael_serafin at hotmail.com Sun May 15 12:45:30 2022 From: michael_serafin at hotmail.com (Michael Martin Serafin) Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 16:45:30 +0000 Subject: [percy-l] Percy & Camus? Message-ID: It is my understanding that this month Camus' "The Stranger" turns 80. Was Camus an influence on Percy? Michael Martin Serafin Chicopee, MA. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhonda_mcdonnell at msn.com Sun May 15 13:14:05 2022 From: rhonda_mcdonnell at msn.com (RHONDA MCDONNELL) Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 17:14:05 +0000 Subject: [percy-l] Percy & Camus? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oh yes! Camus was definitely an influence on Percy, as was existentialism in general. I would argue that Marcel and Heidegger were greater influences and that in a sense his dialectic with Sartre was even a more powerful force than Camus. On the other hand, Camus?s argument on suicide had a profound impact on Percy?s life. Not just his thought or his fiction, but how he managed to continue to live, to endure Wednesday afternoons, and to rise about the death-longing that had plagued his family. Thinking about it more fully, I recant the earlier statement which placed other existentialists ahead of Camus. I seem to remember The Fall being an influence on Lancelot along with Dostoyevsky?s Notes from the Underground. Thanks for the prompt that allowed for a good mental romp through lots of Percy related things! Rhonda Sent from my iPhone On May 15, 2022, at 12:45 PM, Michael Martin Serafin wrote: ? It is my understanding that this month Camus' "The Stranger" turns 80. Was Camus an influence on Percy? 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Michael, Percy begins this 1977 NYT interview (promoting Lancelot) by saying Camus was more of an influence on him than Faulkner. Interesting. Doug Brown https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/20/archives/a-talk-with-walker-percy-walker-percy.html On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 1:14 PM RHONDA MCDONNELL wrote: > Oh yes! Camus was definitely an influence on Percy, as was existentialism > in general. I would argue that Marcel and Heidegger were greater influences > and that in a sense his dialectic with Sartre was even a more powerful > force than Camus. On the other hand, Camus?s argument on suicide had a > profound impact on Percy?s life. Not just his thought or his fiction, but > how he managed to continue to live, to endure Wednesday afternoons, and to > rise about the death-longing that had plagued his family. Thinking about it > more fully, I recant the earlier statement which placed other > existentialists ahead of Camus. I seem to remember *The Fall *being an > influence on *Lancelot *along with Dostoyevsky?s *Notes from the > Underground*. > > Thanks for the prompt that allowed for a good mental romp through lots of > Percy related things! > > Rhonda > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 15, 2022, at 12:45 PM, Michael Martin Serafin < > michael_serafin at hotmail.com> wrote: > > ? > > It is my understanding that this month Camus' "The Stranger" turns 80. > Was Camus an influence on Percy? > > Michael Martin Serafin > Chicopee, MA. > > > > ---------------------------------- > USING PERCY-L > * Read Percy-L Charter and Policies: > https://ibiblio.org/wpercy/listserv/charter-policies.html > * Manage Your Membership: > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/percy-l > * Submit a Post to Percy-L: percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org > * Contact the Listserv Manager: percy.listserv.manager at gmail.com > > LISTSERV ARCHIVES > * View Percy-L Discussion Archives: > https://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/percy-l/ > * Search Percy-L Discussion Archives: > https://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy/listserv/how-to-search-archives.html > > THE WALKER PERCY PROJECT > * Visit The Walker Percy Project website: https://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy > > > > > ---------------------------------- > USING PERCY-L > * Read Percy-L Charter and Policies: > https://ibiblio.org/wpercy/listserv/charter-policies.html > * Manage Your Membership: > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/percy-l > * Submit a Post to Percy-L: percy-l at lists.ibiblio.org > * Contact the Listserv Manager: percy.listserv.manager at gmail.com > > LISTSERV ARCHIVES > * View Percy-L Discussion Archives: > https://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/percy-l/ > * Search Percy-L Discussion Archives: > https://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy/listserv/how-to-search-archives.html > > THE WALKER PERCY PROJECT > * Visit The Walker Percy Project website: https://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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