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

["Wade Riddick" <wriddick AT usa.net>]

I have to agree with Janet.  There is no way to discuss a "Southern" writer
without discussing the gothic underbelly of our history.

All of these topics are relevant and the debate itself was an integral core to
_Love in the Ruins_.

Not to mention _The Thanatos Syndome_, where our protagonist tries to crawl
out of his own private brush with the pill mills that still ravage us.

How often did Percy write about the eternal disappointment of looking for
chemical solace in matters of spiritual transcendence?

How do we describe our dying modern era as anything other than imminently
immanent?

Why can Johnny lift off but never transcend?  (Where did he leave the
viagra/whiskey/hooker/narcotic/gun/deep space telescope...?)

Wasn't that the source of Percy's irony?

Who are we trying to get autonomy from?

Who is our new god?

I think Percy would find it ironic all of our malls are shutting down and
fleeing to a cost-reduced virtual flaneur-land called Amazon.  Not the
Atchafalaya bayou, but swampy enough.

Wade Riddick


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No!That was important.The rest of the back and forth I regret my part in and I
have made a vow to myself. I will post on this site. But I will never debate
with anyone again.
Your post about O'Connor was appropriate and important.
Janet Cantor