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Eudora Welty and Walker Percy

Marion Montgomery
Eudora Welty and Walker Percy Book PDF

Author : Marion Montgomery
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-12-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786416637

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Eudora Welty and Walker Percy by Marion Montgomery Pdf

Eudora Welty and Walker Percy were friends but very different writers, even though both were from the Deep South and intensely interested in the relation of place to their fiction. This work explores in each the concept of home and the importance of home to the homo viator ("man on his way"), and anti-idealism and anti-romanticism. The differences between Welty and Percy and in their fiction were revealed in the habits of their lives. Welty spent her life in Jackson, Mississippi, and was very much a member of the community. Percy was a wanderer who finally settled in Covington, Louisiana, because it was, as he called it, a "noplace." The author also asserts that Percy somewhat envied Welty and her stability in Jackson, and that for him, place was such a nagging concern that it became a personal problem to him as homo viator.

Novel Writing in an Apocalyptic Time

Walker Percy,Eudora Welty
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Author : Walker Percy,Eudora Welty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : IND:39000001310783

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Novel Writing in an Apocalyptic Time by Walker Percy,Eudora Welty Pdf

Remarks made at Millsaps College on the occasion of the inauguration of the Eudora Welty Chair of Southern Studies, March 15, 1982.

The Late Novels of Eudora Welty

Jan Nordby Gretlund,Karl-Heinz Westarp
The Late Novels of Eudora Welty Book PDF

Author : Jan Nordby Gretlund,Karl-Heinz Westarp
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1570032319

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The Late Novels of Eudora Welty by Jan Nordby Gretlund,Karl-Heinz Westarp Pdf

The Late Novels of Eudora Welty offers readings of two of the works considered to be Welty's most exciting both in innovative technique and postmodern existential statement. Fourteen new essays by internationally distinguished critics of Southern literature provide focused appraisals of Welty's last two novels: Losing Battles (1970), a provocative experiment in narration, and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Optimist's Daughter (1972), a profound comment on our time.

Conversations with Eudora Welty

Peggy Whitman Prenshaw
Conversations with Eudora Welty Book PDF

Author : Peggy Whitman Prenshaw
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0878052062

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Conversations with Eudora Welty by Peggy Whitman Prenshaw Pdf

Collections of interviews with notable modern writers

A Political Companion to Walker Percy

Peter Augustine Lawler,Brian A. Smith
A Political Companion to Walker Percy Book PDF

Author : Peter Augustine Lawler,Brian A. Smith
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813141893

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A Political Companion to Walker Percy by Peter Augustine Lawler,Brian A. Smith Pdf

In 1962, Walker Percy (1916--1990) made a dramatic entrance onto the American literary scene when he won the National Book Award for fiction with his first novel, The Moviegoer. A physician, philosopher, and devout Catholic, Percy dedicated his life to understanding the mixed and somewhat contradictory foundations of American life as a situation faced by the wandering and won-dering human soul. His controversial works combined existential questioning, scientific investigation, the insight of the southern stoic, and authentic religious faith to produce a singular view of humanity's place in the cosmos that ranks among the best American political thinking. An authoritative guide to the political thought of this celebrated yet complex American author, A Political Companion to Walker Percy includes seminal essays by Ralph C. Wood, Richard Reinsch II, and James V. Schall, S.J., as well as new analyses of Percy's view of Thomistic realism and his reaction to the American pursuit of happiness. Editors Peter Augustine Lawler and Brian A. Smith have assembled scholars of diverse perspectives who provide a necessary lens for interpreting Percy's works. This comprehensive introduction to Percy's "American Thomism" is an indispensable resource for students of American literature, culture, and politics.

The Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis

Xenophon
The Landmark Xenophon s Anabasis Book PDF

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307906854

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The Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis by Xenophon Pdf

The Landmark Xenophon’s Anabasis is the definitive edition of the ancient classic—also known as The March of the Ten Thousand or The March Up-Country—which chronicles one of the greatest true-life adventures ever recorded. As Xenophon’s narrative opens, the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger is marshaling an army to usurp the throne from his brother Artaxerxes the King. When Cyrus is killed in battle, ten thousand Greek soldiers he had hired find themselves stranded deep in enemy territory, surrounded by forces of a hostile Persian king. When their top generals are arrested, the Greeks have to elect new leaders, one of whom is Xenophon, a resourceful and courageous Athenian who leads by persuasion and vote. What follows is his vivid account of the Greeks’ harrowing journey through extremes of territory and climate, inhabited by unfriendly tribes who often oppose their passage. Despite formidable obstacles, they navigate their way to the Black Sea coast and make their way back to Greece. This masterful new translation by David Thomas gives color and depth to a story long studied as a classic of military history and practical philosophy. Edited by Shane Brennan and David Thomas, the text is supported with numerous detailed maps, annotations, appendices, and illustrations. The Landmark Xenophon’s Anabasis offers one of the classical Greek world’s seminal tales to readers of all levels.

Love in the Ruins

Walker Percy
Love in the Ruins Book PDF

Author : Walker Percy
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453216200

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Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy Pdf

DIVDIV“A great adventure . . . So outrageous and so real, one is left speechless.” —Chicago Sun Times/divDIV/divDIVIn Walker Percy’s future America, the country is on the brink of disaster. With citizens violently polarized along racial, political, and social lines, and a fifteen-year war still raging abroad, America is crumbling quickly into ruin. The country’s one remaining hope is Dr. Thomas More, whose “lapsometer” is capable of diagnosing the spiritual afflictions—anxiety, depression, alienation—driving everyone’s destructive and disastrous behavior./divDIV /divDIVBut such a potent machine has its pitfalls. As Dr. More soon learns, in the wrong hands, the powerful lapsometer could lead to open warfare, pushing America into anarchy at full-speed./div /div

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the Age of Suicide

John F. Desmond
Fyodor Dostoevsky Walker Percy and the Age of Suicide Book PDF

Author : John F. Desmond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813231273

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Fyodor Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and the Age of Suicide by John F. Desmond Pdf

"A study of the phenomenon of suicide, both actual and spiritual, in the major fictional works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Walker Percy, drawing lines of continuity between the two authors and noting their differences. In the epilogue, Desmond offers a Christian counter-vision to the 'suicidal' ethos he has documented"--

Walker Percy and the Politics of the Wayfarer

Brian A. Smith
Walker Percy and the Politics of the Wayfarer Book PDF

Author : Brian A. Smith
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498537551

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Walker Percy and the Politics of the Wayfarer by Brian A. Smith Pdf

Walker Percy and the Politics of the Wayfarer is the first sustained treatment of Percy as a political thinker. The book argues that Percy provides a distinctive approach to politics, one that might allow us to give up the dangerous longing for limitless progress and perfection in our lives.

Losing Battles

Eudora Welty
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Author : Eudora Welty
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307787989

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Losing Battles by Eudora Welty Pdf

Three generations of Granny Vaughn's descendants gather at her Mississippi home to celebrate her 90th birthday. Possessed of the true storyteller's gift, the members of this clan cannot resist the temptation to swap tales.

Occasions

Eudora Welty
Occasions Book PDF

Author : Eudora Welty
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1604732644

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Occasions by Eudora Welty Pdf

A treasury of hard-to-find stories, essays, tributes, and humor from a literary master

Eudora Welty

Suzanne Marrs
Eudora Welty Book PDF

Author : Suzanne Marrs
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0156030632

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Eudora Welty by Suzanne Marrs Pdf

In this definitive account of the life of one of the finest writers of the 20th century, Marrs restores Eudora Welty's story to human proportions, tracing Welty's history from her roots in Jackson, Mississippi, to her rise to international stature.

Existence, Historical Fabulation, Destiny

Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Existence Historical Fabulation Destiny Book PDF

Author : Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781402098024

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Existence, Historical Fabulation, Destiny by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka Pdf

Surging from the ontopoietic vital timing of life, human self-consciousness prompts the innermost desire to rise above its brute facts. Imaginatio creatrix inspires us to fabulate these facts into events and plots with personal significance attempting to delineate a life-course in life-stories within the ever-flowing stream – existence. Seeking their deep motivations, causes and concatenations, we fabulate relatively stabilized networks of interconnecting meaning – history. But to understand the meaning and sense of these networks’ reconfigurations call for the purpose and telos of our endless undertaking; they remain always incomplete, carried onwards with the current of life, while fluctuating with personal experience in the play of memory. Facts and life stories, subjective desires and propensities, the circumambient world in its historical moves, creative logos and mythos, personal freedom and inward stirrings thrown in an enigmatic interplay, prompt our imperative thirst for the meaning of this course, its purpose and its fulfillment – the sense of it all. To disentangle all this animates the passions of the literary genius. The focus of this collection is to isolate the main arteries running through the intermingled forces prompting our quest to endow life with meaning. Papers by: Jadwiga Smith, Lawrence Kimmel, Alira Ashvo-Munoz, William D. Melaney, Imafedia Okhamafe, Michel Dion, Franck Dalmas, Ludmila Molodkina, Victor Gerald Rivas, Rebecca M. Painter, Matti Itkonen, Raymond J. Wilson III, Christopher S. Schreiner, Bruce Ross, Bernadette Prochaska, Tsung-I Dow, Jerre Collins, Cezary Jozef Olbromski, Victor Kocay, Roberto Verolini.

Delta Wedding

Eudora Welty
Delta Wedding Book PDF

Author : Eudora Welty
Publisher : HMH
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1979-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547538686

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Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty Pdf

This novel of a Mississippi family in the 1920s “presents the essence of the Deep South and does it with infinite finesse” (The Christian Science Monitor). From one of the most treasured American writers, winner of a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize, comes Delta Wedding, a vivid and charming portrait of Southern life. Set in 1923, the story is centered on the Fairchilds, a big and clamorous family, who live on a plantation in the Mississippi delta. They are in the midst of planning their daughter’s wedding when a nine-year-old relative, Laura McRaven, whose mother has just died, comes to visit. Drama leads to drama, revelation to revelation, in a novel that is “nothing short of wonderful” (The New Yorker). The result is a sometimes-riotous view of a Southern family, and the parentless child who learns to become one of them.

The Moviegoer

Walker Percy
The Moviegoer Book PDF

Author : Walker Percy
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453216255

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The Moviegoer by Walker Percy Pdf

In this National Book Award–winning novel from a “brilliantly breathtaking writer,” a young Southerner searches for meaning in the midst of Mardi Gras (The New York Times Book Review). On the cusp of his thirtieth birthday, Binx Bolling is a lost soul. A stockbroker and member of an established New Orleans family, Binx’s one escape is the movie theater that transports him from the falseness of his life. With Mardi Gras in full swing, Binx, along with his cousin Kate, sets out to find his true purpose amid the excesses of the carnival that surrounds him. Buoyant yet powerful, The Moviegoer is a poignant indictment of modern values, and an unforgettable story of a week that will change two lives forever. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Walker Percy including rare photos from the author’s estate.