Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["Jonathan Potter" <jdp AT scn.org>]

When I read Lancelot, I see Percy as Percival and Foote as Lancelot.  Foote as the hard-edged, passionate gnostic; Percy as the burned out sinner-saint, quietly arguing with him.  Either way, the background of the friendship between the two men in the novel struck me, especially after reading the letters, as a fictionalized image of the friendship between Percy and Foote.  I was surprised neither of the Percy biographies commented on the possible connection.

 

Jonathan Potter

Spokane, WA

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From: RHONDA MCDONNELL

To: Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion

Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 12:08 AM

Subject: Re: [percy-l] foote

I agree regarding hearing (and seeing) Foote, as you can in the Ken Burns piece.  I know a h.s. history teacher who uses parts of the Burns in teaching the War.  She says the students are always most enthralled with Foote, and will ask about him.

 

When I read LANCELOT, I see Foote when I imagine Percival--anyone else do the same?

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From: Steve Dye

To: Jim AT AutumnLeavesBandB.com ; Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion

Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:00 AM

Subject: Re: [percy-l] foote

Enjoyed reading the latest "chat" about Foote. Hey, if anyone has heard him
speak in person or even seen the Ken Burns "Civil War" series on PBS, he is
wonderful to "hear" - for those of us from the South, he truly is like the
neighbor next door or if you are not from the South, his diction, "accent"
etc should be enthralling to you, I would hope.

Maybe the nicest combination would be to have an audiobook of his novels,
narrated by him.
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From: "Jim Wesson" <gypsyjimmy1 AT yahoo.com>
To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion"
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Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [percy-l] foote


> hi all,
>   i am just finishing Foote's 3 vol. 'Civil War'
> never was able to get through even one third of a CW
> book before! Foote makes the reading so interesting,
> informative and enjoyable.
> jim
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Nikkibar AT aol.com wrote:
> > Dear Rhonda,
> >
> > The Civil War magnum opus is somewhat daunting and
> > certainly time consuming.
> > On the other hand if you're interested in the Civil
> > War it is the definitive
> > work on the subject at least for our generation.
> > More to the point so far as
> > filling in the points of interest that one might
> > have if you approach Foote
> > mainly from the direction of Percy, I would suggest
> > you sneak up on the Civil War
> > by reading the Foote novel canon, starting with
> > Follow Me Down and then
> > deciding where to go from there, ending with
> > September September.
> >
> > Bear in mind when pursuing this course that Walker
> > and Shelby both were
> > youthful builders of model airplanes. Walker built
> > the balsa and tissue paper type
> > which we are told  flew like crazy and were meant to
> > fly but his planes had a
> > certain rag tag appearance. Shelby built the other
> > type which came in shaped
> > chunks of wood that you glued together and sanded
> > down endlessly, painted with
> > dope and glued on the window labels -- and then hung
> > from a light fixture in
> > the bedroom. They looked great but would not fly nor
> > were they meant to.
> > Biographers and critics have remarked that the same
> > sort of thing tends to happen in
> > their respective novels. I leave it to you to see if
> > you agree.
> >
> > Nikki
> > > --
> >
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> > http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy
> >
>
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