To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [percy-l] weatherbee
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:43:42 -0400
Is Kev Kevin still a priest, or has he left the priesthood in Love in the
Ruins?
Another priest is Fr. Placide in Thanatos Syndrome. He performs the routine
tasks of a suburban pastor. He calls Tom More to attend to Fr. Reynaldo
Smith, isolated in the firetower. Does Placide represent any themes, or is
he simply part of the context?
This might be stating the obvious (or, who knows, it might be way off
base),
but after seeing the Kinsey biopic, I couldn't help but think that
Fr. Kev
Kevin was a send up of Kinsey, who apparently came from a
fundamentalist
background and ended up at some sort of vagina console of his own.
--Rhonda
The best lack all convictions, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity. -- WB Yeats
>From: JHForest AT cs.com
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>To: percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: Re: [percy-l] weatherbee
>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 04:16:33 EDT
>
>In a message dated 4/11/2006 8:10:58 PM Romance Daylight Time,
>Bernard.Collins AT jhuapl.edu writes:
> > Has anyone mentioned the "Dutch schismatic" Fr. Kev Kevin in
LITR? He
> > "takes clinical notes, operates the vaginal console," and sits at
the
>computer,
> > "reading a book, Christianity Without God."
> >
>
>Fr Kev represents a form of post-Christianity in which social
adaptation
>has
>the upper hand. Fr Kev has no obvious interest in the Gospel or Jesus
>Christ
>and has lost all sense of connection with his (former) Church.
>
>Jim
>* * *
>Jim and Nancy Forest