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  • From: "Henry P. Mills" <wpercy2 AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: percy-l <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: RhuL AT gwm.sc.edu
  • Subject: [percy-l] By way of introduction (Re-post)
  • Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 17:46:17 -0500

Dear Percy-L,

I am forwarding a message that had trouble getting through. Welcome to the
list, Larry. We are glad to have you onboard.

Regards,
Henry


------ Forwarded Message

> From: "Lawrence Rhu" <RhuL AT gwm.sc.edu>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:16:19 -0400
> To: <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: By way of introduction
>
> I have just signed up for the Percy list and been encouraged to
> introduce myself. Briefly, I read Walker Percy's early novels in the
> 60s when I was in college, and they meant an enormous amount to me. I
> continued reading his books as they came out; and, as a school teacher
> and then a college professor, I have found occasional opportunites to
> teach Percy. Recently, I completed a book project on the American
> philosopher Stanley Cavell, who, I think, shares a noteworthy spiritual
> kinship with Percy. For that reason, Percy (and The Moviegoer in
> particular) became significant terms of comparison in writing that book.
> That writing also made me eager to find further opportunities to think,
> talk, teach, and write about Walker Percy. This list looks as though it
> may be helpful in that search.
>
> Larry Rhu
>
> Lawrence F. Rhu
> Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
> University of South Carolina
> Columbia, SC 29208
> Tel: 803 777 0144
> Fax: 803 777 9064
> Email: rhul AT sc.edu

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  • From: "Lawrence Rhu" <RhuL AT gwm.sc.edu>
  • To: <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: By way of introduction
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:16:19 -0400
I have just signed up for the Percy list and been encouraged to
introduce myself. Briefly, I read Walker Percy's early novels in the
60s when I was in college, and they meant an enormous amount to me. I
continued reading his books as they came out; and, as a school teacher
and then a college professor, I have found occasional opportunites to
teach Percy. Recently, I completed a book project on the American
philosopher Stanley Cavell, who, I think, shares a noteworthy spiritual
kinship with Percy. For that reason, Percy (and The Moviegoer in
particular) became significant terms of comparison in writing that book.
That writing also made me eager to find further opportunities to think,
talk, teach, and write about Walker Percy. This list looks as though it
may be helpful in that search.

Larry Rhu

Lawrence F. Rhu
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Tel: 803 777 0144
Fax: 803 777 9064
Email: rhul AT sc.edu



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  • [percy-l] By way of introduction (Re-post), Henry P. Mills, 07/30/2005

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