| Dear Justin I have looked over the Dr shoulders And learned some mighty remarkable Things about what it is to be a human Being What a surprise to nod ones head In recognition to the ultimate search He was ultimately a good diagnostician And didn’t get too mad at us He knew We exist beside ourselves We are onstage We always enter thru a portal Of our own making The strategy each of us has one We mostly eavesdrop and use second hand Thoughts Our aspirations We don’t really enter into eachother We bump along parallel Although grace is always Available May I recommend his book The Second Coming The conciliatory principle of Language is present and Accounted for Two people meet and hear and Touch and notice eachother And the world around them They are for eachother and fir The world Language does that It’s conciliates the unity It’s the mechanism we have To communicate with one another Mostly we aren’t doing a very Good job of that Good luck Read Dr David Bohm on Language duality is the problem
We eavesdrop using second hand Thoughts
Sent from my iPhone Justin, Thank you for introducing yourself to the list and for sharing information about your interesting dissertation topic. Yours is a complex subject, for certain, and I wonder if Percy-1990 would not be inclined toward a “Lost in the [Internet] Cosmos” approach. As for a 2019 Percy, that is an intriguing idea to explore, especially when you consider how many ways language and its use have changed since the advent of the Internet.
If it proves of assistance, on The Walker Percy Project you can find descriptions of and links to the various Percy collections, including Loyola-New Orleans and The University of Texas Harry Ransom Center, alongside UNC-CH. I believe the Loyola Collections are quite ripe for new and productive research, given that they contain a collection of materials donated to the library by the Percy family, as well as a collection provided from Patrick Samway, S.J., which includes his research related to his biography of Percy.
Best of luck with your valuable line of inquiry. Sincerely,
Henry Mills Director, The Walker Percy Project Percy-L Administrator
Thank you for providing Patrick Connelly's email, Rich! It is much appreciated.
And thank you for the advice on reading Percy's marginalia, Rhonda. My dissertation will focus on the implications of Percy's triadic theory of communication for the field of speech communication. The dissertation is in an early stage at the moment. While I'm still searching for the "question," as it were, in the least I'm wondering, "If Percy was alive today, given the electronic milieu, would he still use the novel as his medium of communication to convey his philosophical ideas?"
-Justin
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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<mailto:plconnelly AT mc.edu> .
I?m glad you are writing on Percy. Plenty of new research can be done on his work.
Rich Gray
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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
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On Jun 28, 2019, at 3:30 PM, Justin Bonanno <bonannju AT gmail.com<mailto:bonannju AT gmail.com>> 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
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